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Sunday, 15 November 2015

Blogger's Worry: Should African Youths Support Corrupt Leaders? - Eleniyan

O. Eleniyan

"Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray
the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and
we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep"-RAY
DAVIES.

• Corruption parades itself in many public offices in Africa, as
politicians keep mismanaging and diverting public funds into personal
use which are supposed to be used for continental development. Money
laundering is also a fashionable trend in the continent.

• It has also thrown Africa into a state of poverty as office holders
finish their period of service and we can't point to any structure put
up for the poor and jobless of which the youth forms the larger
population, yet the lucky ones among us embrace and support them when
they are held to ransom.

• Corruption is very wrong, It undermines the integrity of all who are
involved and damages the fabric of the organization to which they
belong. It is a major hindrance to sustainable development, with a
disproportionate impact on poor communities. It impedes economic
growth, distorts competition and represents serious legal and
reputation risks.

• According to Transparency International in 2013, Africa still suffers
from the deadly menace of corruption. Its effects on this part of the
world are obvious as the younger population across the continent from
Kenya to Rwanda to Botswana to Angola, are obviously unemployed
according to the statistics available.
• Corruption is to the African continent what Cancer is to the Body! It
thrives across Africa and as a cancer it spreads and manifests in
diverse ways. There are more or less aggressive kinds, but all of them
lead to a degraded Africa.
• My heat bleeds when youths of this continent publicly pledge
allegiance to "publicly" declared corrupt individuals and it goes to
show the the kind of system that's been created by past leaders.
• Irrespective of our gender, ethnicity, religious or political
affiliations, there is a need for the younger population to stop the
support given to public office holders who have been deemed corrupt.
Conclusively, we must revolt against a corrupt system, we must revolt
against unjust system non-violently Africa YOUTHS needs a REBIRTH.
#SayNoToCorruption God bless Africa. Connect with me on Twitter:
@o'labieleniyan

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