Najeebwali

Post NYSC Depression, 'Quarter life Crisis' and the struggle of the Nigerian Youth. Knowledge is power, we´re told. Seek and ye shall find, they said. You accepted these words of wisdom, and embark on the decades-long journey. The journey of seeking education. High school is filled with its juvenile delinquency, but still- it is education. You fight and won the war of entrance examinations, you look to the skies with all your fingers crossed that you will be granted an admission, and it will be your dream course. The knowledge that is promised to give you power. The results have been announced and the odds are in your favour, so you embark on the seeking, believing that you will find. The best description of yourself in university is “a wayfarer sacrificing everything to get the promise of tomorrow”. You are unsure of tomorrow, but you’re told it is bright, that you´re only a certificate away. Graduate and ye shall prosper. You are excited, you can´t wait for that day w...

The concept of society denotes a mutual and voluntary aggregation of individuals within a laid down structure, ecosystem and paradigm assuring and encouraging the optimal survival and utility of the inhabitants. Thus laws, cultures, norms and beliefs evolve over generations to safeguard against threats whether they are physical, psychological, social, economical or cultural. For the optimal functioning of such society, the individual must be placed in a hierarchy and above all, his rights and interests must be subservient to the interests of the society. This paradigm is not unique to humans, it is also observed in other species like Bees and Termites where the colony serves the queen and prioritizes her survival with their lives if necessary to assure her survival and protect against the danger of they becoming 'genetic dead ends.’ Our society is at a critical juncture, fresh from the sexual revolution of the 1960's, the invention of the Birth control pill and the US sup...