NATIONAL CONFERENCE: Nigerian Youths should have been given the Opportunity to Decide their Future!!

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"The National Conference delegates list is a huge disappointment for me as a youth of this nation. To see old men in their 70s and 80s makes me wonder whether we are discussing the past or future of Nigeria. If it is the future, the youths should be in greater numbers but this is not the case.



Rather than blame the Federal, State Governments or other groups that nominated (which is what we usually do) perhaps we should look inwards and ask ourselves the simple question that follows this short analysis:

Awolowo (37), Akintola (36), Ahmadu Bello (36) Balewa (34) and Okotie-Eboh (27) led the struggle for independence after the death of Macaulay. Only Zik was 42 at the time.

In 1966, the first coup was led by: Kaduna Nzeogwu (29) and countered by Murtala Mohammed (28), Theophilus Danjuma (28), Babangida (25), Nanven Garba (23), Sani Abacha (23), Shehu Musa Yaradua (23) and brought into power Gowon (32), Ojukwu (33), Obasanjo (29? [Even Baba is no longer sure of his age these days]), Buhari (24)"