The year 2020 represents precisely six years since the emergence of Buhari’s administration, a moment when the nation thought it had found a leader who would help set the country’s vessel on a reasonable course.
Needless to say, it did not come with any radical shift in the direction of this country. The limbo of direction we found ourselves in in the pre-Buhari era still remains as potent as ever. But in the midst of this downward spiral of what we take for a nation, all hope is not lost for young Nigerians.
Young Nigerians, what is the way out?
I know of only one, but to put it in a better perspective, I’m going to correlate the story of Nigerian youths today with the story of the Jews. Because history, as a sage once said, is more than the path left by the past, it influences the present and can shape the future.
As Mark Twain told it, there was a time during the history of Jew when everything he possesses was taken from him, his home, his property, and any tangible thing of possession you can think of. And wherever the Jew faced, he was met cynicism and bitter persecution.
Having realized that there would be no place for him to stay and earn a legitimate living, he honed the only possession that was not and could not have been taken away from him: his brain. Even though his physical characteristics might have atrophied from lack of use, he knew well enough to never allow any of those dark years to get to his brain.
This is why wherever a Jewish man sets up a business, others can hardly thrive around him. Or so Mark Twain concluded his story “Concerning the Jews.”
Now you are wondering, what does this story have anything to do with Nigerians?
It has everything to do with them because Nigeria is a place designed to increase the wealth of the rich and preserve the poverty of the impoverished. No one breaks into the circle of the rich unless they choose to bring him on board. And so were we until the emergence of the Internet and its continuous penetration.
With the permeation of the Internet in our present society, a vast opportunity exists for those who already had the passion and the zeal to turn something legitimate into a source of income.
Even as more Nigerians try to migrate to seek greener pasture, it is heartbreakingly true that we are a country of above 200 million humans which makes migration a dream for all rather than a possibility for all. Pardon my loose use of the phrase “a dream for all.” It is just a manner of speaking. Not to even mention that the grass is not always greener on the other side.
But as a Nigerian living in Nigeria, what are you left to do?
As I know this is not a niche blog, I will not bore you with the specifics. Just this one thing: Make use of the Internet and the modern skill to the best of your ability. I actually meant to say: push the boundary of possibility by being the best in whatever digital skill you can learn, and use the Internet to sell such skills and earn a living.
And it does not matter what it is, so long as it is something the public at anywhere in the world have interest in. I wrote a blog post on how to start a sports blog and make money from it because I know a lot of people have interest in sports. And if you start a sports blog, you could make a lot of money from that blog alone.
Or think of Ubong King of the blesssed memory who catapulted himself into limelight because of his oratory and motivational skill. And if you are thinking of breaking into the millionaires circle easily, you can go into the real estate industries by studying some very cheap real estate investing courses. All these are just to let you know that the Internet has elimiate iur boundaries. Although our system miught have succeeded n outting us in chain, we can still use our brain, which cannot be put in chain, to cross all boundaries and do the impossible.
If Jews can make best use of their situations in the medievals, what happened to the Jews of the 21st century?
Ali Faagba is the founder of contentmarketingprofit.com.
