Youthfulperspectives

Good quality healthcare is a fundamental human right. Every living human is entitled, as it is no luxury; everyone should have access to this necessity. But sadly, that is not the case with Nigeria. The world health organization defines good health as the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.  Relate this description to the country's current healthcare situation and see if that is what we have. As far back as 2010, there have been talks about vision 2020, a design which was set to make nigeria one of the top 20 economies in the world by 2020. Now, it is the year 2021 and that vision is now a thing of the past. However, this is not the theme of discussion today; I have something on that already, you can just scroll back and read.  I would like to bring your attention to a part of that plan which harps on rural development. When it comes to the stratification of the nigerian society, the urban population of N...

I honestly get the place of rules. I know how it helps to keep us all in check and how it is so consistent in holding up the barriers between sanity and the insanity of human society.  However, no one knows who makes the rules or sets the benchmark for considering that which is sane and insane. A topic for another day; But I want to hope you get what I am about to say in this column. Read through with an open mind. The human mind is wild. It is complex. And what it is capable of cannot be fathomed. Even the holy book says, "The heart of man is desperately wicked" maybe that is why we need rules to keep us in check. To hold up the structures of societal engagements and in the end, we have for ourselves a tolerable society. In recent times, that is being threatened, most especially with the new era of political correctness. So, what do we do? With political correctness, everyone wants to insert themselves into every conversation. Maybe in a bid to sound unique, or throw o...

" Our Strength in adversity, our health in weakness, our comfort in sorrow". These are some of the words out of a prayer booklet, one which I am very familiar with. However, thinking about it now, especially with the current circumstances, nothing of such rings true. An observer of the posts on this blog would have noticed nothing new has been posted since October. This is not due to the scarcity of content, but due to weakness on my part. There have been so many happenings, many things to talk about, and I have just being zapped of strength.  On most days, a whole lot of thoughts come to me and I just wave them off. What would I do, writing about the obvious problems is all I do. What would these words even do? Who would they change? Who listens to me? I am probably a small fry in the grand scheme of things. Nothing makes me feel more powerless than being a Nigerian Citizen. Everywhere you turn to, all you see are signs of ineptitude. A rot that is not going to stop any time...

  I love Nigeria!! I really do love this country. And I am so sure many of you can relate. There has been instances in the past; elections, censuses, referendums, town hall meetings, etc. And we have just looked at these events and either smile or pass snide remarks like “oh they are about to share the national cake again”. It was different this time. Just all of a sudden, as if we were all tapped awake from a long trance, we became so hopeful for this country. What started like one of the normal discussions on jack’s app became a national movement. We could all relate to this struggle. Many of us had stories to tell; Stories which were not restricted to only the struggling Nigerian; as it has always been in the past. Some of the so-called elites could relate to it. The talks all centered on one thing, #EndSars, #EndPoliceBrutality. You could swear something as simple as ending a notorious unit of the police force would not bring this much violence throughout the country. T...