Imagine a country of over 170 million people going for a seven day work free (strike Action) all sectors of the including medical doctors and all private sectors including the individual business ventures due to the government on Announced removal of fuel subsidy, rendering its citizens as sitting ducks. This is country with about 60% of its citizens are below the age of 15-30years of age and are yet to be employed, and a country were young people are less utilized.
Let us imaging just for a minute the children, youth and women who are in the hospital just before the this incidence not even to talk about does who can’t even pay for the hospital bill without working for every penny they spend in a day, some people have to go to work before they can get something to eat or feed their families.
The Nigerian Labor congress who are in charge of the Nigerian workers association has called on a nationwide Action strike due the subsidy removal by the Nigeria government from N65 to N145 doubling the prize of all commodities including transportation, also keeping that mind this is a country were all classes of people live (In this world there are three class of people the Lower class, the Middle class and the High class all these classes of people are more or less part of the system of government, however nowadays the only class that is known to be part of the government.) Apart from young people are not being invested upon neither are they utilized, let’s not even talk about that let just focus on what happened after the weeklong strike, the government and the labor congress after 3 days for negotiations decided to reduce the fuel price from N145-N97 which mean most of the commodities that have increase it price will remain at the new price just except the fuel price.
Just 4days after the resumption of full active duties by all sectors there was a bomb explosion in one of the northern state and also not forgetting that that same day there was also a an explosion in the presidents home town.
Well these I the situation in Nigeria now, however this is one of the reason why the youth advocates of Nigeria could not have their yearly training. But we all hope to see her soon if possible after all the chaos is settled.
Any way point here is youth leader should not seat behind and let the old people in the government to tire the country apart, even though they don’t want you to participate in policy formulations and implementation we should find a way to make them realize the importance of young people in the country. So what do you think will be possible to make the country go forward, don't say it do it!!................