A Word for Femi Gbajabiamila

The lawmaker representing Surulere (Lagos State) Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila recently empowered his people. I was shocked to see him distributing motor cycles, 160 in all, to young men in this area dominated by “area boys.” If Gbajabiamila truly wants to empower them, it should be with skills and not encouraging them to become “Okada” riders. I doubt if Gbajabiamila knows that using “Okada” for commercial transportation is a signal of a failed society. I am sure that he did not experience this in all his years in the United States. With his 160 “Okadas”, this lawmaker has simple shown his flawed determination to sustain an “Okada” generation instead of a skillful generation. On the flip side, Gbajabiamila pretends to be unaware that “Okada” riding has been destroying lives across our country. He needs to visit “Okada” ward at the National Orthopedic Hospital in Igbobi, Lagos, to see the number of “Okada” accident victims brought in daily, followed with a large number of amputations. This lawmaker and other legislators who indulge in empowering our youths with “Okada” must immediately end this folly. My dear Gbajabiamila, emphasis should be on empowering our teeming jobless youths with enduring skills that will make them self-employed. This country must build a skillful generation and not an “Okada” generation.