Topic: The leaders of tomorrow. - page 2. (Read 421 times)

Despite the fact that I don't support under age going into the university, but I won't limit the age to becoming a leader, anyone can lead as long as you get the experience to, and sometimes this experience is all about being responsible regardless of your age, because sometimes age is just a number, I have seen young university students behaving very mature and coordinated, and seeing a 30+ years old man misbehaving in the same university environment, so the thing is Viz vasal and we have to accept that, but then also, it is very important to at least allow your kids to grow and be able to control and take decisions for themselves before pushing them to the university for whatever reasons.

Just as you said 18+ is very ok for a young person to gain addimision into the university but anything below that age is unacceptable for me.

We also have to note the effects of but going to the university at young age and also going into the university at old age, both of them have their disadvantage and advantages which we must carefully look at sometimes.

Make we all ginger our youth make dem get independence and sense of responsibility so that our country go better. The young ones na the power wey dey move our country, so if dem fit build themselves well, our country and people go surely see better days. For this time, as the nation economy dey jolly, na so the nation fit strong pass. So make everybody sabi about Bitcoin and the good wey e fit bring, use our economy shine well.

Actually it is common this days. I was in my jss3 when I was 15years and I know nothing and also not used to internet facilities much more like now. I think there is advancement in technology and also in the mindset of the younger generation. We were told to stay clear from women if not we will get them pregnant or going to social media will endanger our lives maybe by being initiated by white which and many other stories that frightened us, which made many people not being expose at earlier stage. But now the youths are privileged to be exposed at a tender age and it's pushing them to do all sorts of things. If you check now the death rate now, it is  no were  compared like now.  most people have fall victims of what we where been touht might kill us, because the youth think they have know it all. No matter how fast they grow in academic pursuit, I still think that the immaturity is always in them. maturity is not how fast you grow or how large you are, but the ability for you to handle complex things in a mature way.

One thing you should know is that size or age for not matter. But how you can handle things. I think a man of 35years has been a president and was not denied because they saw that he is capable of handling the government affairs if not I don't think he would be given that opportunity. So age does no matter.

Fact the world is evolving, back in those days people who where in the senior secondary schools where way bigger and has gone far in age, some could be above 20-30 years and some may even be parents who have given birth to like 2 children.

But the world today is now focused on the mind and what you can offer, barely the size of an individual, most 17 these days can even come up with solution that some 20's can't provide.

The younger generation are now smarter than before, in education, technology and in most cases business, they can easily have access to a place where the average 20 can't.

OP, what is the definition of your maturity? Do you know age alone doesn't determine how matured you are? We have some underaged people that are much mature than the old people.


I don't see reason why parents can't make decision for their children but where they got it wrong is when this decisions are being forced on them. Also, most times, parent don't support talents, all they want is for their child to study good profession like doctor, lawyer, engineer etc. Forgotten children do well in what they love than what they are forced to do. If children are left alone with their decision, they are still young and may end up making a wrong decision. Parent should try to consider talents, subjects were their children are good at and some environmental and societal factors to counsel their children on their path of career.


Failure is what everyone should embrace. The fair of being a failure may always discourage you from being successful.

Op as for me we are in world of digital not analogue again that is is the major reason and education is more closer to our door step compare when the rules of age to be in University is made just that our nation here don't amend certain rule that is not political all they focus is politics. Nowadays children bare much more exposed to learning in various means and are intelligent to withstand all force in the academy world, just that what they have to offer the society, the foundation is not set which brings about government failure, because graduate of such age supposed be employed to be fully productivity for the society in a country where things work you such such categories producing in many aspects such as tech. Etc which our people can if things are put in place, just approach some and see how intelligent they are some are even more exposed in technology theoretically than our old lecture or teacher that failed in carrying research .

Op your point of argument and observation are very correct in some length, the curses of seeing 14,15and 16 years of age in University as under age and children is lack of productivity in the academic system in Western country where things are working, technology are properly in place this age use seen as the production workforce.  university is not only where to read and write as we have it here in naija it's a place where you learn a skill and be versatile in every aspect of life. The area of parents forcing children on what to become not allowing them to work on their talent , is curse by so many factors in our society, this only occur from the middle class to the upper class, where parent who think they have money are engulfed with proud always wanting to have a lawyer,doctor etc without examining the talent of the children and that have course many failure of children, they forgot that when the child failed they also failed.

Leadership is not by age else Africa would have had the best leaders. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case with Africa where the leaders are old and mostly unproductive. Countries ran by youths and those who are within the age of active service tend to move in the direct direction far more than those countries ran by old men and women, although there are few exceptions. The youths are definitely the leaders of tomorrow, just that in Africa, the youths seems to be prepared for followership of tomorrow and not leadership because the enders have held the continent hostage while the youths are running away to other countries.

Understanding the times and the generation we are in will help you understand some of these things, so much that instead of you being worried, you have to appreciate our improvement and advancement as humans even though many may argue that such advancement do not help us much. We are in the jet age, a time where there is access to information, where people becoming extremely wiser and more exposed. At the age of 14, children were probably in junior secondary those days, this does not mean there were no moral decadence or immaturity in display, it was just the time. I was turned down several time from entering primary school because I was too small and my hands could not cross my head and touch the opposite ear... such a funny yardstick of measuring maturity

I will enjoin you to accept the times we are in, appreciate the uniqueness and be happy you belong to the internet generation where information is at your finger tips hence the fast pace things are going. Besides, have you checked if this observation is peculiar to Nigeria is same is happening across the globe. The later is definitely the case as you can see from Wikipedia article about Michael Kearney who graduated at the age of 10.

OP, going through all you have noted here so far, not being skeptical, I will have to tell you that am not against a child of 15- 16 being in the university, is just that our system made it to look as if it is bad or something, if we have a good university system where every undergraduate is been mandated to be learning one skill or the other in the said university and this would be part of their curriculum, it should be a must that the will learn the skill before being admitted in any university, the university system in Nigeria is negatively mind blowing that students don't concentrate on their courses alone, the do more of borrowed courses  than their main courses which is bad, how would you expect such a student to get the best, what we see this days are graduates that went to school to pass their courses with good grades but nothing to offer the society, practical courses are zero.

Which ever ways am of the opinion that be it private of government university should roll out strict skill acquisition programs that help the students once the get admission into the university, so that this will help them once they graduate wether they are employed or not with the skill they have so far, it will enable them to be self-reliance and employer of labour too.

For me I'll prefer a child of 15-17 to think of how they can acquire skill before rushing into the university, 15 - 17 of age are still tender in thinking and behaviour.  The university is an institution that needs mature mind that can be able to handle situations and challenges.  And I feel the best time to learn skill is after secondary school that one can also use to support their self in the university time and after graduation one can still look on to the skill as a source of income.

I no lie you, when I see the thing sef e weak me, you go just see one small pikin say na university e don enter. Without  much of life experience, now sef if the multinationals see your height and age, ma brother them fit even no give you work sef, because you never dey exposed to do many things, and your CV sef fit attest to that fact. For our time, after we finish secondary school, our parents gives us time to learn hand work, and that same hand work na one of the things wey we use take sustain for school. And from that small exposure of hand work, we learn plenty life lessons concerning being under a boss, or an authority other than your family members. When you rush life ehn, you go miss so many things, and the small wisdom wey experience sef they give you go still miss that one. Though plenty benefits still dey inside graduating on time oo, but plenty lessons dey wey you no go fit learn for school.

First off age is neither a test for maturity nor wisdom
We live in a contemporary world,one in which the elderly or alleged matured folk are rapidly losing touch with reality whilst still harbouring outdated ideas of how the world works.

The strength and future of any nation lies in it's labour pool and this comprises primarily of youths or younger people who tend to be more adventurous, curious,more enlightened and more technology savvy in comparison to their older counterparts
Moreover,it is widely known that  in almost all countries of the world,the youths are increasingly asserting their influence and leveraging their position to create more opportunities for involvement even in critical sectors like politics and leadership roles,defence and military,finance,industrial and technological sectors

The current prime minister of france Gabriel Attal is 34yrs old
The crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia M B S is 38yrs old
The head of state of Burkina Faso cpt Ibrahim Traore is 36yrsold
These are few examples of very young people occupying important positions and playing vital roles on the global stage

In a nutshell,the world as we know it has already changed and is changing still therefore we must try to be less rigid so as to be able to move with the tends and not be caught in between the fading and the emerging era's

To me I think say na even university education dey cause wey person go dey university get white bears, person go dey university reach 35 years while Gowon rule this country at the age of 31 and many more past government officials did all that at a young age and I don't know why they as young people took their destiny sharp sharp in their hand. I think say young people now self dey fall hand and that na because of university education wey dey make person think say you must enter university, study there before you become something and before you no it time don waka. Those families wey get opportunity to train their children for young age dey in order.

Okay now, for job requirements and recruitment, dem go tell you say if you dey above 25 years no apply for the job while some people don stay house 7 years after secondary at 17/18 waiting for jamb to free dem, funny. Job requirements say don't apply if you are above 25 years and at that age some people still dey wait to enter school, that is the unfortunate situation of bad policies of government.

Na this make private school dey flourish. Families dey run train deir children to commot school on time so that dem go still fit get opportunity apply for job no even for getting the job just to qualify to write job exam.

Education system don fall and in the past, the federal government officials hardly go university. Dem just do NDA,some do correspondence and na dem rule this country. We no go blame the youth like that, we see say the economy don really change.

Leaders of Tomorrow?
What really happens to today?

The current state of Nigeria as a country it's not promising the younger ones leaders of Tomorrow.
Where lies our conscience?.. the politicians has made it so difficult for us. But we keep being hopeful and optimistic definitely the younger ones will finally lead tomorrow. 👐

As you can see, the elderly ones can no longer hold this country altogether anymore because they are old and no longer strong enough to act faster.
It is a good plans for the children of nowadays grow faster so that they can understand what they are supposed to understand and get ready to restructure the whole things that needs to be restructured.
However, that will show that the country is growing and advancing, not like before when a 30 years old man will still be in secondary school or a 25 years old man also be in a primary school (maybe primary 5 or 6), that's odd, although that was how the country was, but nowadays one who's not educated will not longer go back to school because schools this days are filled with little ones that are little of age, just like going back to secondary school at the age of 35 and then you are the most else's and your age might also be higher than some of the teachers in the school.
This has made a lot of youths not to go back to school and complete their educations (mostly secondary school drop out) and this is very bad, so when you see a child at 16 or lower age in secondary school, you should be proud of him or her because they have taken good responsibility just to make sure that they are very different from others that are secondary school drop out.

This is the best that can happen in a country like this, it shows how adapting the country has gone with their educational system both parents are now getting the full importance of getting a formal education unlike then when a person old enough to be a parent will still be in secondary school then before moving up to the university.

This the reason why we have this old people as our leaders whereas their brain are now very weak to deploy strategically for the benefit of the country, we hope In the future this will be corrected with fresh and young people being in power.

I can never be worried because a person is young and is in an exalted position, it shows that the person started taking responsibilities at a very young age and its a very good thing. Like the saying goes, "Age is only a number", whoever is matured enough mentally can climb any height possible without limitation. Maturity is now a thing of the mind, unlike when it was thought to be accompanied with just age, although there's some level of maturity that accumulates as someone gets older, but it shouldn't be a  deterring factor for a younger person's progress.

The old people that you thought are matured enough to lead the country well have failed us and Led us astray. If the younger generation can set it straight, the assumed matured one can retire, so that the new generation can lead well. we are tired of these old fools who doesn't have our interest at heart. The younger ones should be given an opportunity to utilize their talents and help this country move ahead.

Have any one of you ever stumbled upon a child and for whatever reason and asked them how old they were and they replied " 14, 15, or 16" Then thinking they're still in secondary school, ask them, which class? and they're like " I'm in the university".

What were your reactions?   . I believe that moment you were probably worried about the future of this country.

The leaders of tomorrow, are children who can't take care of themselves. They're going to graduate from the university at about 18- 19 years old and then literal children would be in the labour force. How is this country going to not only survive but improve if the leaders of tomorrow are immature children who can't make proper decisions?

To be honest, some of these children actually deserve to be where they are. They are smart and responsible, but even regardless of age a lot of them are extremely immature and childish. The age for university admission used to be 18 years old, but now some schools just let anyhow children into uni, and this is mostly carried out by private universities.

Do you think NYSC can help these children? since some of its importance is teaching the youths resilience, independence, and patriotism. 

Another thing I've noticed is that a lot of parents don't let their children be independent or let them make decisions for themselves, then they grow up and become liabilities where at this point the parents start blaming them and comparing them to other people's children. This is very bad. Your child isn't going to be with you forever, no matter the age, when your child enters uni you should start letting them do things for themselves.  Let them fail, make mistakes, learn from those mistakes, and get up. You can't protect your child forever oo.

Let's make this country better with these tiny efforts.


Thank you.