Letter to the Youth

By OLUWATOYIM HAWAL MOMOLOSHO

Our communities have completely changed, and no one can be trusted anymore. We now live in the saddest environment possible, where a brother cannot trust his younger siblings, a mother cannot trust her children, not to leave out how a husband cannot trust his wife; because the word ‘trust’ has faded from everyone’s mind.

But, what are the unusual events that have occurred, causing everyone to lose trust in one another thereby making everything turn upside down in a matter of minutes? Some of them have been looked at in this letter with an advice to the youth as to what to be done.

Many young people nowadays are lazy to earn as little as they labour, but they long to garner a large sum of money in a flash without doing anything. How is this possible? It will never happen because life is full of difficulties, and one must strive before one can earn as much money as one wants.

Of fact, ritual has become one of some youths’ seemingly primary source of income. In order to obtain money, they murder friends, family, and others. Why? Have these people forgotten that those they kill were human beings also created by God and with equal rights to life like they, they killers, have?

If they have not forgotten this fact about life, then why act in such a heinous manner? What is not good has no other way to be called that “it is not good”.

You do not just wake up and choose to murder a fellow human being. It is is not done.

Even if you are a graduate, this does not imply that you should work in an office. A certificate is just a piece of paper; the work you choose will demonstrate how good, intellectual, and educative you are, not the certificate you possess.

Your particularly given name and family, without doubt, are your first priority that you must try hard not to allow to be tainted negatively. Rather, you must strive to improve on them.

Many of tomorrow leaders have left our society (died). Others have morphed into something odd at this point. As though they’ve seen a ghost, everyone is immediately sprinting from each other. Let us, however, retain the peace within ourselves.

Truth be told, killing each other is not a good notion nor a viable choice. Because if we talk to people who engage in such behavior, they have nothing to justice their act other than “they’re looking for money” they didn’t work for.

Dear young people, be serious and work hard to get a lot in life and gain many accolades for doing amazing things rather than being a waste of space within ourselves.

Let us be wise. Ritual should not be a possibility – don’t ever consider it. Simply put in the effort to succeed and become your own capital – you will be infinitely grateful you did.

*Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho is a student at Biga College of Education in Sokoto, studying English language and Islamic studies. You can reach him via his email: oluwatoyinhawalbolaji@gmail.com