Governor Kayode Fayemi has advised Nigerian youth who are leaving the shores of the country in droves for Canada to reconsider their plans and stay back to help make things work in their father’s land.
Fayemi, who doubles as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), urged to youth to mobilise and organise themselves to “kick out” the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from office in 2023 if they are not satisfied with its governance style.
Fayemi asked the youth to participate fully in politics by holding those at the helm accountable instead of engaging in what he termed as “Twitter revolution.”
He stressed that the resolve to change things politically made him and some others made a foray into politics instead of shouting themselves hoarse on the sidelines.
He said these on Saturday while speaking at ‘The Platform’, an annual programme organised by Covenant Christian Centre.
He said, “Even if your search is a regime change in a democracy, there is only one what for regime change in a democracy, you work towards it.
“Another election is going to come if you do not like what APC is doing. Organise, stop agonising, organise against the party. Link up with others who are organising and then kick the APC out of office and put people that you think we do better not creating a situation of anarchy.”
“The space is more liberalised now, not like what we fought against during the military regime. I’m not talking about the Twitter revolution. Many young Nigerians are cosying, giving it to governors and attacking ministers on Twitter and Facebook.
“Go to the wards, go to the communities and challenge what they are doing there. Hold them accountable.” Fayemi added.
Fayemi said Canada is not an Eldorado it has been portrayed to be as, unlike Nigeria, it has glass ceiling.
“Don’t succumb to despondency, there is a lot to hail in this country. There is a lot to frustrate you, a lot to want to make you give up and pick that visa and go to Canada,” the governor told the youth.
“I know it (Canada) is a popular destination but you know what? There is also a glass ceiling in Canada. When you get to the top of it, you will now discover there is a glass ceiling there. This is the place where there is no glass ceiling, let us work towards making it a better place.”
