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The Movement (Tafiyar Matasa) and the Very Big Questions to Answer

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Comr. Habu Hassan Abdullahi

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Comr&period; Habu Hassan Abdullahi<&sol;p><div class&equals;"cbsrlFTD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Yes&comma; I am not some sort of social critic who would unfairly denigrate someone&&num;8217&semi;s achievement for personal gain or political interest that I do not have&period; Thus&comma; this is pre-eminently the right time to speak the truth to the members of my generation in Nigeria whether they care to accept it or not&period; But remember the truth is always truth and can stand alone&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"skoJLFtT" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>No doubt that not everyone is happy with how leadership is running in this country&comma; with the exception of those at the corridor of power&period; But this is not enough to be a raison d&&num;8217&semi;etre to handle our dear nation to the hands of inexperienced youths&period; Forgive my pen for the use of &&num;8220&semi;inexperienced&&num;8221&semi;&period; Just because most of them have never been to real leadership&period; Of course&comma; I am myself opposed to the exclusionary habit of the present politicians&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;ve relegated youths to the mantle of power but we have to cautiously control our faculty of thinking to avoid getting entangled in a lust for power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I was very happy when I heard the idea of &&num;8220&semi;The Movement&&num;8221&semi; known as &&num;8220&semi;Tafiyar Matasa&&num;8221&semi; in the Hausa language&period; And of course&comma; the genesis of the movement was attributed to the unavoidable &&num;8220&semi;EndBadGovernance&&num;8221&semi; protest of 1st August&comma; 2024&period; The movement began immediately after the protest&comma; in fact&comma; it is one of the noticeable outcomes of the protest due to the unity it brought&period; The idea of the movement was preached and promoted by some prominent northern activists and social media influencers to serve as a last resort to the youths in their effort to bring good governance&period; No one can deny the fact this is a laudable effort&period; But the very big question supposed to be asked here is&colon; youthfulness is the only parameter and yardstick to measure the caliber of a good leader&quest; If yes&comma; why Yahaya Bello &lpar;Former Governor of Kogi&rpar; and Abdurrasheeed Bawa &lpar;former EFCC Boss&rpar; were arraigned for looting the public treasury&excl; The point I want to make here is&comma; being young or old will not be a determining factor for an individual to be a good leader&period; We can have corrupt leaders within any range of age&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Another important issue to take into cognizance is the failure of some youths to comprehend the logic and existing distinction between being a good activist and being a good leader&period; Leadership is quite different from activism&comma; therefore&comma; a good activist may not necessarily be a good leader&period; It is common knowledge that the conveners of this important movement lack practical leadership acumen and organizational skills that are fundamental for successful leadership&period; Okay&comma; should we handle our future to the trial and error leaders&quest; We have to exercise extraordinary care when it comes to leadership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ODF5JkvE" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Yet another problem faced by this movement is financial constraints&period; To be sincere and frank&comma; the quantum resources required to run a great national political movement like this oversizes the pockets of the conveners&period; Another organic question to ask here is&colon; where the movement conveners can solicit humongous financial resources&quest; From the politicians they are castigating&quest; If yes&comma; this is performative contradiction&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Finally&comma; I would like to remind my fellow youths that new breed&comma; as the late Yusuf Maitama said&comma; cannot solve the Nigerian problem&period; There must be mutual cooperation and understanding between the new breed and old breed&period; We must work together with them to acquire all necessary experience&comma; knowledge&comma; and practical leadership skills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Written by<br &sol;>&NewLine;Comr&period; Habu Hassan Abdullahi<br &sol;>&NewLine;From Bayero University&comma; Kano<br &sol;>&NewLine;Department of Education<br &sol;>&NewLine;Contact via 07065941454 or habu92hassan&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; 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