By Adonijah Mango
For the longest time, the gospel of ‘youths are the leaders of tomorrow’ has been forced down the food pipe of young people of this country using shovels, rakes and hammers. Youths, who have been sitting on one buttock as if in a foreign land due to a rough economic terrain and scarcity of opportunities, have been asking, is tomorrow real or a mirage?
Well, apart from slapping occasional posters on sad electric poles and tired town walls, shouting imaginary praises in rallies and on social media and in extreme cases manufacturing chaos, youths have been more useful as dispensable peripheral devices rather than cogs in a wheel.
They are back promising jobs that will fill sacks and sacks, promising capital to breathe life to businesses and whatever largesse they are fond of dangling before youths during campaigns. When the drummer changes the tune, it is upon dancers to change their styles. The political winds in this country have taken a sharp left and it entirely rests on the shoulders of the youths to demand more, ask-not beg-for the promised future and the dignity attached to their input.
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