Be a problem solver

By the way, Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he
started facebook. Africa’s youngest billionaire,
Ashish Thakkar, is 31. He escaped from the
Rwandan genocide and relocated to Uganda
where he started an IT business. Collin Thornton, who made his millions by fixing bad computers and setting up Dial-a-Nerd, is 35.
Adam Horowitz, an 18-year-old entrepreneur, started 30 websites in 3 years before he became successful.
The only thing you have ever started is an online petition. Have you heard of Jason Njoku? He’s 33 and the founder of Iroko TV. He
received $8m investment into his company just a few years ago. What he does? Sharing the same Nollywood films that you spend
hours to watch online. He didn’t just hang around waiting for Buhari to make something happen or blaming Jonathan for not making
anything happen. Kamal Budhabhatti was deported from Kenya but while on the flight, he thought of the
opportunities in Kenya. He found his way back
after 6 months and today his company is valued at $30m. He’s 36. Have you heard of Chinedu Echeruo? Apple just paid $1b for his
app. He’s a Nigerian like you and all he did was attempt to fix a problem.
But for you, the only thing you attempt to fix are your nails- and your hairdo! Chinedu moved to New York in 1995 and found it
difficult to
navigate the city with ease so he developed
HopStop to fix the problem. Stop listing all the
problems- we know them already but what are
you doing about them?
Awolowo was 37, Akintola was 36, Ahmadu Bello was 36, Tafawa Balewa was 34, Okotie-Eboh was 27 and Enahoro was 27 at the
time of independence of Nigeria. In 1966, the first coup was led by Kaduna Nzeogwu (29) and stopped by Murtala Mohammed (28),
TY Danjuma (28), IBB (25), Sanni Abacha (23) and Shehu Yaradua (23). It brought in Yakubu Gowon as Head of State at 32 and
Obasanjo at 29. You are in your 40s and you still sag your trousers.
Of course you know Linda Ikeji. You’ve spent
hundreds of hours on her blog laughing and
commenting while she smiles her way to the
bank. She’s just built a house for her father in the village- just by you clicking on her gossip and sharing. Your day is not complete
without a stop by at her blog. She was as broke as you are but she turned a hobby into a business. Are you that void of
understanding?
You think the politicians have any regard for you?
That is why I referred to the arrogance of your
ignorance at the beginning of this diatribe. You
have a false estimation of yourself. You have an over bloated ego. You are only as good as an election ticket- pure and simple.
You are only good to used and discarded like a
used ballot paper. Who keeps a used ballot paper anyway? That is why they only remember you every four years.
We all need to be focused. Think deep