The future of Kwara and the befuddled state of Kwara Youths: NAKKS as a case study

The future of Kwara and the befuddled state
of Kwara Youths: NAKKS as a case study
By Anifowoshe Titilope Legal Eagle

"The youths of a Nation are the trustees of
Prosperity " - Benjamin Disareli

"He alone who owns the youths gains the
future" - Adolf Hitler

".. A society that cuts off its youths severs it's
lifeline" - Koffi Anan
The above quotes depicts the notion of every
right thinking man, that the youths in any
society are the powerhouse of Commerce, the
brain of the computer world, that youths are
the forerunners of intellectual competence
and the harbingers of purpose and zeal
matched with the acuteness of our physical
strength. As an active participant of student
uniomism and governance in kwara state, I
have always been caustic of the present
administration of the state, I have never been
a fan of the retarded style of development and
progress in my state of origin. In the course
of my agitations and criticisms I have met so
many youths who seem to share the same
ideology with me but at the end of it, their
insatiable avariciousness and cupidity killed
their zeal. Most times I get extremely
dissapointed at this grabby nature of Kwara
Youths especially student leaders, but in the
words of my mum " you can't blame a man
for being prehensile, when he and his
household are hungry ". I later devised a
means to be an impact maker rather than a
noise maker ; I subsided my criticisms and
channeled my energy into contributing my
own quota to the development of humanity
through Eagles Foundation for Humanity.
In my fictitious thinking, National Association
of Kwara State Students is a body that stands
vibrantly for the representation of the entire
Students of Kwara (home and abroad).The
body is saddled with the responsibility of
ensuring adequate welfare of its members,
coordination of students, sensitization of our
members, existing as a capacity building
platform that stimulates towards veritable
leadership. Reality dawned on me when I got
closer to the heat of hatred, disintegration,
nepotism and corruption of NAKSS that the
organization is a mere sham.
Just recently, a new administration was
inaugurated and every indications including
the electoral process that birthed the
candidate shows that the president like our
beloved Muhammadu Buhari wants to
resuscitate the dead body of NAKSS. I didn't
even think twice before I accepted the
appointment of director of Media and
publicity of the National body as I saw the
appointment as an opportunity to not just
complain about the wrath in the system but
exemplify how things ought to be done with
my appointment. Even though the biggest
bane of the communal actualization of Mr
Rozay's dream for NAKSS is the territorial
proximity amongst the executive; he doesn't
seem to be bothered as he is seriously ready
to step on toes and shut mouths for the
furtherance of the welfare and interest of
Kwara Students.
Yesterday I attended the first parliamentary
sitting of the Senate council of National
Association of Kwara State Students on the
invitation of the president of the body. The
aura of the parliamentary sitting weakened
the enthusiasm in me; If not for the sight of
the maze; I would have taken the sitting for a
town hall meeting or a convergence of football
fans for a football show. I saw
parliamentarians on football Jersey and
slippers, senators who are presumed to be
represtatives of reputable institutions in
Nigeria opened their mouths and vomitted
codswallop and applesauce. Like students of
creche I heard senators raise "fundamental
observation,"celestial observation" etc. student
representatives who ought to be ambassadors
of their institutions looked so yob and
unfastidious.
The entrance of the short girl with five tall
"guys" prompted one of the senators to raise a
security observation;after the Chief
scrutinized us, we were allowed entry. I got
entangled in a heated argument with a
senator who is obviously gauche ; infact
asides the fulfilment of being able to
"orientate" the senators as regards standing
orders and ethics of a parliamentary sitting ; I
am a little disappointed in myself for
engaging in such discussion with people of
such nature.
Everything that happened at the sitting seems
like a very interesting movie ; but in reality
it's an indication of the muzzy and hazy
nature of the future of Kwara State!. If the
affairs of governance and commerce is left in
the hands of these youths ; then KWARA
STATE IS IN JEOPARDY ! Imagine a
convergence of represenatatives of Kwara
Students from almost all higher institutions in
Nigeria characterized by such level of
greenness, rowdiness and disarray ; imagine
if these same persons take the mantle of
governance or commerce of the state ; what
will be the end result? What happened to
reasonability and social order in youths? What
happened to the manners and virtues our
parents imbibed in us? Why do we
misinterpret garullous sagacity with
hooliganism? Where are the intelligent
civilized Kwara Youths? Where is the future?
What is the fate of Kwara with the future in
our hands?
*Anifowoshe Titilope Legal Eagle is a 500L
student of Law, UNILORIN
Titilopeanny@gmail.com.