AN OPEN LETTER TO THE YOUTH OF NIGERIA:
IF I DIE, LET THIS MESSAGE BE WHAT YOU WILL REMEMBER ME FOR.
Reclaiming Our Future from the Shadows of Division.
To the Vibrant Youth of Nigeria,
I write this not just with ink, but with the collective tears of our aging parents, particularly those who live in tired skins and bones, who remember a Nigeria of promise and are now forced to watch its decline.
They have seen the beauty of our diversity, yet today they witness a nation being torn apart by a polarization that serves no one but the corrupt.
1. Beware of The Trap of Religious Polarization.
For too long, we have allowed ourselves to be divided along the lines of the Cross and the Crescent.
We must ask ourselves:
- What does a Christian in the South gain when a Muslim in the North falls victim to the same bad governance?
When an innocent Nigerian is killed or displaced, the pain is not “Christian pain” or “Muslim pain”, it is Nigerian pain. Extremism and terrorism have no true religion, yet we allow bigots to use these tragedies to make us fear one another.
We must wake up to the truth.
A hungry stomach does not care how you pray, and a bullet does not ask for your denomination.
2. It is Time we Reject the Political Businessmen.
Our democracy has been hijacked. We have allowed our political platforms to become marketplaces for businessmen and women who trade our collective future for personal gain. They thrive because we are divided. They use our ethnic and religious differences as shields to hide their incompetence and greed.
We must stop being the foot soldiers for leaders who send their own children abroad while they egg us on to fight one another over crumbs. It is time to demand leadership based on character and competence, not on which region a person comes from or how they worship.
3. We Must End the Docility in us.
The world, including global powers like America, watches our internal struggles. When we are weak and divided, we are easily exploited.
Our docility has been mistaken for a lack of will, but the cry from the heart of our elders reminds us that we cannot afford to be silent any longer.
We are the largest generation in Nigerian history. We have the numbers, the technology, and the intellect. If we refuse to be polarized, the political businessmen lose their power.
4. Together Let us Do These:
Our parents are tired. They are watching the country they love “go down,” and they are looking to us to salvage it.
A. Refuse the Language of Bigotry:
When you see hate online or in your community, be the voice of reason.
B. Choose Solidarity:
Build alliances across the Niger. A youth in Kano and a youth in Enugu have more in common with each other than they do with the elites who exploit them.
C. Organize, Don’t Just Agitate:
Move beyond the anger and start building the structures of the Nigeria we want to see.
The time to wake up is not tomorrow—it is now. Let us honor the “tired skins and bones” of our parents by proving that their sacrifices were not in vain. Let us build a Nigeria where security, justice, and prosperity belong to every citizen, regardless of their faith.
In hope and solidarity,
A Voice for a United Nigeria.
Comrade, IG Wala
National Converner,
NICIP.
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