SRC Speaker identifies ignorance as cause of youths’ wrong perception of politics
Photo: Moshood Hameedat
Safiu
Kehinde
The
Speaker of LASUSTECH’s Students Representative Council, Rt. Hon. Asekun Elijah,
has identified ignorance as the cause of youths’ wrong perception of politics.
Speaking
at a Press Conference held at the School of Environmental Studies Lecture Hall,
the Speaker disclosed that youths perception of politics include violence,
political thuggery, and use of brute and force to promote their interest.
Meanwhile,
while citing a research work during his speech, Asekun disclosed that
unemployment, illiteracy, bad governance, and corruption are not the cause of youths
wrong perception politics as most people perceived.
“…all
these reasons appeared to be unrelated to this problem. According to research,
where there are only educated youths in a political party, ethnic group, or
some religious groups, they become the unit of intelligence and operators of
command post in order to execute violence for group interest.”
“In
the same vein, where there are employed youths in some cases, they are
compelled to provide financial needs and other logistics for the execution of
violence in the interest of their group. Also, where the government is
relatively doing well, the opposition members resort to twisting the minds of
the youths against the party in power so as to champion their interest – a case
of Mohammed Gadaffi and Libya.”
“Meanwhile,
the only problem associated with the misconception of politics by the youths is
ignorance which birthed out of their non-participation in this realm of
leadership and lack of enlightenment. Thus, it is paramount to get the youths
enlightened, engaged, and fully swamped in the political affairs of the
country.” He revealed.
The
Speaker, however, charged the students to take political engagement as their
responsibility for the betterment of their future.
“…this
starts with us students. It starts in this Ivory Tower that houses each and
everyone of us. We owe ourselves the responsibility of political engagement and
active participation because; we are the decider of our fate; the owner of our
future, and the builder of our nation.” He said.
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