Youths are the leaders of tomorrow - I don't know where this quote comes from, but I must say in this clime it seems to be true. An easy analysis of youth involvement will simply have you shaking your head with the word "We are not ready yet". As someone why, and they will tell you, the old men don't want to give way. Man, it's a fuxxxing jungle, nobody gives you anything, you fuxxxing take it or keep whining.
Now here are 7 truths about youth involvement in politics in the Nigeria polity.

1. We like the bobo

Whether it's the lies or the change they drop for youths to help them propagate the lies, we love it. It's simple, many youths don't know what politics is but they sure know what hunger is and our politicians are cashing in on it. When you see youths happily selling their voters card for N5000 and bragging about it, then you know the shit is real. Now think of what they will do if they see 1k after the election, you are the best performing politician then. People eagerly selling themselves into servitude just for food, and you say slavery was a white man thing?

2. We think the old men are the problem

How young are SUG presidents, it's not about age, politics in Nigeria is a systematic institute of interest aggrandizement. Even so called men or principle get compromised when the enter the institute. I doubt younger politicians will be any different. Even the best will be corrupted when they step in. Let's quite blaming the old men we have to fix the system first, they will bow out when they know it's not business as usual.

3. We make noise

How many youth posters did you see sequel to the Anambra state gubernatorial primaries, at a point it was turned to a joke. That's how serious we are, make lot of noise and when the hen comes to roost, we bend down to our anscestors.

Why do we do this, maybe the next point has the answer.

4. We lack means of funding

Did you get the word, we don't lack funds, we lack means of getting funds, there are many options available, some sitting politicians borrowed from the bank, others held fund raisers to even get their ticket. In this digital age, youths can do much more. If the political vision is right, and the populace adjudge you to be a true candidate, crowd funding can do the trick, or better ways of raising fund from the public or a digital political party can raise fund online.

To be continued when I get a comment.


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have you considered the fact that system of any youth desirous of being elected is dependent on the type of electoral platform a country is practicing.
Nigeria for example,we have three generations of electoral platforms

1.the founding fathers Nnamdi,Sultan and awolowo,Herbert Macaulay these were individuals from the elite social class of Nigerian society who could afford education

2.Military with the use of gun power

3.Democratic regime with use of party structure which requires an individual to literally fund,buy and liase profusely in order to get elected

4.Individual candidacy has not been approved