Over the years now, most major headliner on various online and offline news tabloid has been politician is charged in court for embezzling public funds makes the news quite often, it is only reasonable for one to be concerned about the young minds of the country.
Former Minister of Education, Vice-President for World Bank in Africa and one of the leader crusade for #BringBackOurGirls campaign Obiageli Ezekwesili , share her own view on Nigerian youths.
In her own observation on Nigeria as a nation, she pointed out that corruption is being rooted in the minds of the youth and they see going into power as their time for reaping.
She further share bitter truth about national cake mindset among Nigerians, youth should see public office as role to serve the people, not for reaping and rewarding.
It is a pitiable state to see life as the sum total of things, people acquire. Things, no matter their price, weight zero in eternal value.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 24, 2015
I see our young with same mindset that destroyed Nigeria since independence. SERVICE to motherland; defined as “reaping” “reward” “our time”
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 24, 2015
I see our young reveal a Mobutu mindset on matter of Public Service. Tragic that even their Generation does not see SERVICE as SACRIFICE.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 24, 2015
I fear for our young with minds so corrupted that they are already old in thoughts and action; the modern Kamuzu Bandas.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 24, 2015
Young ones, TRUE SERVICE is SACRIFICE. No one TRULY serves without incalculable cost to self. If SERVICE is REWARD to you, seek DELIVERANCE.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 24, 2015