Banky W says the youth in Nigeria can’t possibly protest all the problems in the country.
In an interview with HipTV, the actor and
musician spoke of the backlash that trailed the government’s Twitter ban.
“It’s a shame that despite all
the issues we’re facing as a nation, Twitter deleted a tweet of the president
and the best course they thought up is to ban a service young Nigerians use in
expressing themselves and in business,” he said.
“We’re as unsafe as we’ve never been. Kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, and robbery are on the rise. Our educational system is in tatters; healthcare is nothing to write home about. Everywhere you turn in Nigeria, there are issues.
“It’s sad leaders lose all sense
of empathy to dialogue and the automatic reaction is ‘ban’. There were
[EndSARS] protests. But, instead of a dialogue where they do what the youth
were asking, they started looking for scapegoats.
“CBN froze people’s accounts. FG
seized passports. It’s almost like young people are in an abusive relationship
with our country.”
Banky W said he hopes the Twitter and #EndSARS situations would push the youth into action.
“I hope actions that like this
push us to the wall, where we decide to speak up, stand up, push back, and
fight for this democracy,” he said.
“Not in a violent way but that we
stand up for democracy; move from protest to power. Honestly, we can’t protest
about every problem we have. But we can focus on power and those we allow to
get into positions of power.
“I mean, all of this is going on
and where are our elected representatives? Where our senators? Where are those
supposed to be speaking for us and fighting on our behalf? Surprisingly enough,
everybody’s quiet.
“Young people in Nigeria and outside need to use this as motivation, as fuel. Let’s organise. 2023 is really not that far away.
“Let’s start from the ground up.
The problem is from the top down, but we can start lower and push back. We can
organise ourselves and vote. It’s time to take a stand. We have to be the
generation all of this nonsense stops with.”
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