As we mark another democracy day, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) says it has come to the conclusion to call on Nigerians to have hope in a renewed Nigeria. According to the President General of the forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, after a series of consultations, he has come to realize that the perceived unity among Nigerians is very superficial and skin deep, only serving to sustain the bureaucracy of exploitation of the Nigerian populace.
“Compatriots, the opportunity beckons, as in the immortal words of William Shakespeare, ‘there is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current when it serves or lose our venture’,” he said.
He admonished, “To all those saddled with the responsibility of ensuring a renewed hope, every Nigerian deserves a better life, as the time to give the Nigerian worker his due is now. Though we are yet to overcome the primordial attachment to ‘loyalty’ over and above capacity, we are indeed confronted with the malaise of nepotism and, of course, mediocrity.”
However, the project ‘NIGERIA’ is one he is convinced shall be successful, given our collective resolve for a better nation. “For with peace and plenty, NIGERIA shall indeed be blessed,” he reiterated. Shettima, while congratulating Nigerians on democracy day, urged us to reflect on the gains of the democratic processes towards sustaining and making it better. ENDS
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