WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BECOME WHEN YOU GROW UP? A VOID QUESTION IN MY COUNTRY!
Every Child has a dream of what and who to become when he or she grows up to be a responsible adult and it is the duty of the parent to help realise that dream. As a kid, i have always wanted to be in the Army and be an Engineer, i am an adult now and i became an Engineer but a non-practising one;i mean i practised but not for long. Not that i don't like my dream but because i found myself in a very messy socioeconomical and politically deranged region which strangles my dreams and that of millions from becoming a reality.
For this reasons, millions of youth have no guaranteed future and the only possible way out is to emigrate to a more sane and organized country overseas where at least dream actualization stands a chance without being "choked with hopelessness and low sense of purpose." Some of the reasons why dreams are not fully actualized in several developing countries of the World I have illustrated below using the situation in my country as a yardstick.
BAD GOVERNANCE
It is a pitiable situation whereby the dreams of youths are shattered by bad Governance and irresponsible lawmakers whose children are in foreign land hence no good policies are passed into the bill to secure the future of the average citizen. Some college students spend 8 to 10 years in college before graduation just as a result of bad Educational policies which made academic strikes a last some over a year and some months non-stop at a stretch. Imagine a college student in his/her finals who spent a year and few months out of school due to this incessant strikes. What kind of mentality and moral could such person bring into the labor market? Will he or she not succumb to any job that comes his/her way to earn a living even if it's out of the profession?
LACK OF STUDENTS LOANS COUPLED WITH INFLATED TUTION FEES
Education is expensive, therefore not everyone could afford to go to the college. But in developed nations adequate funding is provided for students to scale this problem, but the situation is bizarre in my home country; the Government has no provision for student loans yet college tuition fees could spike from 0 to multiples of 10 without any reason. How would a government worker afford such fees as a parent or sponsors whose minimum wage has not been reviewed in a decade? This has produced hundreds of thousands of dropouts and sadly these were dreamers and intelligent once who could use their skills to develop the nation but their dreams of becoming something has been truncated.
BRAINDRAIN- THE MASS ESCAPE OF INTELLECTS
Mass escape of Scholars and intellectuals is another like it, the ones that struggled to get a fair share of decent education emigrate to foreign countries taking along with them all forms of professionalism and technicality needed to develop a country as the escape overseas. Rarely do foreign experts comes to train and develop locals, the few local experts are not encouraged by the country not aid or foster them in their moments of needs hence they all abandoned the country. A critical matter; and not an issue of "Unpatriotic but a matter of making every opportunity counts".
HOPING THE BLOCKCHAIN REALIGN MANY DREAMS
Hopefully the Blockchain with its disruptive nature could bring back every dead dream alive and help smoothen and remold the future dreams and aspirations of the next Generation to come.It starts with us; the Experimental specimens for the Disruptive power of the Blockchain Technology.
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Poor governance is definitely a huge problem in the development of a country. The government is not creating employment opportunities yet universities and technical institutions are churning thousands of graduates every year. Where will they go to with no jobs being created. Entrepreneurship is now the answer and I believe the block chain technology has a lot to offer for all young graduates. It could be trading, writing, coding etc.
Many thanks brother, it seems you are tapping into my conciousness as to many solutions that could come out of the Blockchain.
Lol!
No be small void question.
I remember being ask those early primary school days, what i would like to become when i grow up and i had always answer "A successful business man" kai! The reality today has been very far from the dream.
Big void question indeed
You will get there brother, keep the faith.
All I know is that Nigeria and Nigerian youths need help. A lot of talented individuals are not helped or encouraged
The Help is the Blockchain and its Disruptive Nature...
Hopefully we help the ones that are less oriented about it.
This post makes me to flash back many years back when I was still infant,... The peer group then only concluded that we want to be and that, Medical Doctors, pilot, lawyers.... Bonnie of us will like to mention those jobs that attracts little penny, you know...
Thanks so much for this post, we realize our dreams are not coming to pass again, manu even pursue it, bit due to lack and some difficulties encountered, they were not able to achieve it till time pass over them. Those in charge of the scheme are not even interested and helping in achieving them. Where are we going to? Dreams was so difficult to achieve. This led some of the youth to do the job they don't want to get themselves into because there is no hope and escape route for them. Some even based on self employed and choose to be self reliance for the rest of there life due to unachievement of goals....
Thanks.ks for this piece sir, will not wait to read more from you sir.
Odaaro