STOP THE PRAISE SINGING: NIGERIAN YOUTHS MUST WAKE UP

31 October 2025

It is truly heartbreaking to see how the youths of Nigeria those who should be the voice of reason and change have become willing tools in the hands of corrupt and undeserving leaders. Instead of demanding accountability and transparency, many of our young people now engage in endless praise singing, hailing leaders who have done nothing but enrich themselves at the expense of the nation.

This blind loyalty has become a dangerous disease eating deep into our national consciousness. How can a generation that suffers the most still celebrate those who cause their pain? The same leaders who embezzle public funds, promote corruption, and destroy institutions are the ones our youths rush to defend on social media and in public gatherings. We hail them for building roads that collapse within months or for giving out handouts during elections, while they keep looting the treasury and silencing true progress.

Sadly, this same attitude of ignorance and servitude is what makes our leaders feel untouchable and irreplaceable. When young people cheer for them despite their failures, they begin to believe that power is their birthright. A perfect example is Cameroon, where Paul Biya, at the age of 95, still clings to power after decades of leadership. Should that be the future we want for Nigeria—a nation where the same set of leaders recycle themselves until death, while the youth remain spectators?

The truth is simple: Nigerian youths are due to replace the old guard. The future of this country belongs to us, but we cannot inherit it through blind loyalty or hypocrisy. We must stop worshipping individuals and start defending principles. We must reject handouts and demand good governance. We must rise and say enough is enough to leaders who see public office as a private business.

It is time to channel our energy, intelligence, and creativity into building a new Nigeria one that rewards competence and integrity, not corruption and connections. The destiny of this nation will not change until the youth stop clapping for mediocrity and start standing for merit.

Let us remember this: the more we praise unworthy leaders, the longer our suffering continues. The more we dance for the corrupt, the more we delay our own freedom.

Nigerian youths, wake up. The future is yours if only you are bold enough to claim it.