Fire On The Mountain: See Charley Boy’s Message To The Youths
Boy the Area Fada, is calling on Nigerian youths to
wake from their slumber as the country has
reached rock-bottom.
“Our young people have been so
battered physically that, they have lost
the urgency to protest. How can they
not know that the consequences of
corruption, wasting of resources and
stealing affect them, the youth more
than anyone else?
“How can we sleep when things are all
falling apart around us?”
Read the full message to the youths by Charley Boy
below:
One of the many things God blessed me
with, would be the ability to go to sleep at
will even if my house is on fire. I consider
that as a gift because, this environment has
murdered sleep for most Nigerians. How
can we sleep when things are all falling
apart around us? It saddens my heart to
see the appalling state of our nation and
the quick progressive decline in the quality
of governance and the management of the
polity. Naija as it were has gone to the dogs
and really, it’s only a matter of time before
shit finally hits the fan. Because, we must
hit rock-bottom before we can start to
think of a Nigeria that is workable.
I have noticed lately that I am fast losing
my gift, being able to fall asleep at will. It’s
no longer happening for me like it use to.
Thank God, I haven’t gotten to the point of
popping different kinds of pills to be able to
get some sleep. These days, I seem so
consumed with the thoughts of how all of
these injustices, poor leadership, the
frustration, hopelessness, and despair
amongst young Nigerians will all be
- resolved. How much longer can we all go
on as if all is well. The situations as
appalling as they are reminds me of Asa’s
song, “There is Fire on the Mountain, and
no one seems to be on the Run” How much
longer will it take our leaders to realise
that they are sitting on a time Bomb. How
much longer will it take the few good men
and exceptional Nigerian youth to stop
hiding under the bed, while the vile, the
fraud, the gangsters, the 419ers, the
thieves take over the polity?
Yesooooooo, we are all guilty, guilty of
inaction, guilty of procrastination, guilty of
being scared by our own shadow. Yet, we
complain, talking bla bla bla all over the
place and doing nothing. That is why the
youth of this country are taken for granted.
Look at how our once strong and vibrant
youths have grown powerless, and have
even become willing instrument and tools
in the hands of vile and wicked politicians.
Our young people have been so battered
physically that, they have lost the urgency
to protest. How can they not know that the
consequences of corruption, wasting of
resources and stealing affect them, the
youth more than anyone else? They have
not realized yet that they are the ones who
can’t go to school, and that most of their
parents have been impoverished by this
shit-system, and for the millions who
graduate from the university, half baked;
where are the jobs?
Unreliable statistics say that about
28million young people are unemployed
and about 5million join annually as the
army of the unemployed youth grows,
drugs, violence, despair and hopelessness
have become a permanent fixtures in the
lives of our dear youth. This is the Nigeria
of today. A country so endowed, yet 60
percent of Nigerians are living below
1dollar/ 25cents a day. What a shame, what
business has my country with poverty?
How far, great Nigerian youths?
The old foxes, old fraudsters, many of
those who had been in leadership position
in the past, wrote this tragic script, they are
still very much around, jostling for position
and power. Most annoying is when they pay
lip services saying, “the future belongs to
the youth”, which youth? The one they
cloned, or the ones yet unborn. Because all
these old foxes that should be put to
pasture are still dragging it with the young
people not ready to quit the stage, unless
they die there. They have become deaf,
dumb and blind to the pains and sufferings
of ordinary Nigerians. The criminal nature
of most of our leaders is what has given
impetus to criminal gangs, kidnappers,
militants, terrorists, money doublers,
gangsters who prey on innocent citizens as
effectively as the yahoo yahoo leaders’ prey
on Nigerians. Nigeria has become their slot
machine.
This is how they have weakened our youth,
because even the leaders so far, lack
creativity. All they have produced for the
past 38yrs is mediocrity. The youth cannot
make good decisions and hence can’t make
good leadership, double wahala. These are
the kind of leaders our youth emulate,
being schooled in the arts of making it by
all means even if they have to sell their
mothers. Most of these yahoo leaders are
getting rich at the expense of the masses
and Naija youth. What can they produce,
except buy houses, cars, posting their new
acquired jet planes on Facebook and all
over the social media, keeping billions in
bank accounts, while the youths and the
masses suffer and the environment
remains in shambles? How far great
Nigerian youth?
I can feel the growing resentment the
masses have towards the leadership, it is
‘us’ against them. The youth may seem not
ready for a revolution, but the one thing
they have in common that cuts across
ethnic and religious differences is a
genuine yearning for Change through a
revolution. A revolution that will see the
end of this rampart injustices and authority
stealing that has left us poor and hopeless.
They also want to see how the mighty and
the once untouchables, those responsible
for bringing Nigeria to its knees face the
music if possible with their blood. The
youth obviously don’t believe in Nigeria
anymore, even the unbelievers know we
can no longer carry on like this. People
argue that the youth are not capable of
retrieving their stolen future ever again.
Just like we never believed that a Nigerian
for whatever reason could strap himself
with bombs and blow himself up.
When Boko Haram started, many including
myself believed that all who were involved
must have been fanatics from neighbouring
countries. Loh and behold, they were many
Nigerian youth involved. For them, it was
better than dying like a chicken. What
about the naija guy who failed to blow
himself and the plane up, in far away
America? The army of desperate youth is
growing, not to talk of the kind of arms that
have come into this country; God help us.
For those who still think that the Nigerian
youth are too disorganized and weak to
confront these demons, I say, it’s possible.
They have a common enemy, namely;
hunger, poverty, hopelessness, frustration
and a strong satanic hatred for our leaders
and elites. You may be asking yourself who
will lead this inevitable revolt. For many
youth, the power is in their hands right now
as you read this; the instrument of
mobilization and you know what? It has
started.
As humans, we communicate by expressing
our feelings, our thoughts based on how we
perceive certain situations. Most of the
youth have become aware of the problem
affecting them, most of them live on the
social media highway to while away their
time since millions of them are out of jobs
or poses the faintest idea on what else to
do. They are stranded, and most pitiful is
that nobody cares. This is where young
people fellowship now to escape from the
brutality of a harsh environment caused by
those “bigger “than Nigeria. Once people
become aware of a common need or
problem through interaction and
discussion, it is easier for them to create a
mobilizing strategy towards a common
goal.
From the bush, the house, in the car, or
even from across the seas, the exceptional
ones will control millions through the
social highway networks. I can feel the
rage, the anger and the strong satanic
hatred for our kleptomaniac leaders. I pray
for the seemly fragile, deflated Nigerian
youth, the victims of bad and selfish
leadership. Young Nigerians; no matter
where they are from, all face the same sad
and evil reality created and perfected by a
common enemy. We all know the problem
of Nigeria; they say a country deserves the
kind of leadership it gets, hmmmmm…
Nigerian youth… how far?
Where are the exceptional youth who will
remedy us from this hopeless situation? If
it’s not road accidents because of bad
roads, it is incessant strikes because
government still has not lived up to its
promise to inspire the teachers. However,
their children are all abroad while ours
study with candle light and kerosene lamps
in a country capable of providing power for
all. Inflation is tearing families apart and
causing parents to abandon their duties.
Haba, the iniquities are just too much to
recount, it’s not fair in the eyes of God. As
these yahoo yahoo people continue to rob
us of our lives and future, ironically they
are facilitating this revolution.
When the chips are down, the youth will no
longer think on religious lines or ethnic
differences; they will be so filled with
hatred, vengeance and anger. They will
vent this on all those who have brought
them sorrow, tears and a bleak future.
There will be a spark as young people pour
out on the streets hunting for their enemies
and serving them a dose of mob justice.
The time and how, I know not. But yes, it is
boiling over; the handwriting is not only on
the walls but on the faces of the angry
youths I see on a daily basis. Nigerian
youth… how far? na una hand Nigeria dey.
Beat the drum for change and a better life.
Let’s stop blaming our leaders and elders.
If they have failed us, we can’t afford to fail
ourselves. Let us use our strength to cut off
corruption in this land. Make una no fall my
hand.
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