While Yorùbá political leaders are busy illuminating the paths for political thuggery and NURTW for our youths to tread, Igbo leaders are empowering their youths with loans to start and grow multiple businesses.
One day, we should not be surprised to see the poster of an Igbo man running for Governor of Lagos. Trust me, if things continue this way, it will happen.
The Igbos are making the money in Lagos and are popping up their numbers on a daily in the City of Excellence.
Yorùbá leaders are distributing keke, grinding machines and hair dryers while the Igbos are taking over tradefare, Idumota, Odunade and Alaba markets.
The informal sector contribute sixty percent of the IGR of Lagos State Government. Who are kings of the informal markets?
To our leading Yorùbá politicians, hope you are happy to see thousands of sixteen year old Yorùbá boys driving kẹkẹ and running after commercial buses issuing tickets.
Yorùbá politicians will give out money for naming ceremonies, burials, weddings and remembrances but seldom support growing business or those with elaborate business plans.
While Eastern leaders are building a generation of wealthy young men by establishing banks that give out loans and other platforms, our Yorùbá leaders are ensuring Yorùbá youths are sufficiently hungry enough to be recruited for the next election where they can be given pittance to get the job done.
One day, one day, a majority of us, (Yoruba’s) will become servants politically and economically in our land.
Afterall we have sold our family houses, buildings etc so we can eat what we like or wear what we want.
Old family houses have now been converted to modern shopping malls or locations for thriving businesses by the Igbos.
Yet we celebrate Yorùbá leaders and describe them as generous for giving out peanuts from the billions made through the system.
We the Yorùbás, are blind to our future. If they must steal like many politicians do in Nigeria, why don’t they support growing businesses, ideas and initiatives that can drive or create wealth?
Why don’t they encourage our children to go to school rather than being foot soldiers for M C Oluomo and co.
Love me or hate me I really dont care.
This is the sorry state of the Yorùbá nation and we must talk about it and do something fast before we become the butt of jokes in the future.
