Arise, South Sudanese Youths, and Take Charge of your Country, your Future!
3 min read“A man can truly be blind if all his senses are completely death’’
By Abel Majur Leek, Atlabara, Juba, South Sudan
November 22, 2015 (SSB) — The youths are the leaders of tomorrow, a tomorrow that can only be imagined by the elders of today of which they may not be part off. The youth form the powerful strata of any society, the youths in any society plays an indispensable role in the dynamic changes that occurs in that society. The power the youths hold is usually seen when they need a change in the order of things.
The South Sudan youth must rise up as a matter of urgency and not continue on their slumbering bed and believing in the everyday statement of our dear political class “The youth are the leaders of tomorrow”. The same political class that has embezzled the treasury, destabilized our economy to enrich their families and associates with the resources meant to create jobs and social amenities that would have made life worth living for the South Sudan youth.
The political class has rather turned our agile, vigorous able youth into miscreants and making them jobless so they can continue to be their political thugs and make them vulnerable in involving in the social inequalities in our society. How long will our government continue to deny our intellectual and virile youth employment opportunities?
Do I have to be used as a “political tout” before I can be compensated with an employment opportunity? Do the able and agile youths have to be involved in Kidnapping, oil bunkering, terrorism or even disrupt the nation’s peace before the government would listen to their plea and cry?
Does my sister have to sleep with someone before she can get a job after going through unpalatable years in the South Sudanese universities and undergoing a compulsory Military Activities for the last 21 years?
I weep each day, asking myself when my dear country will serve me. I feel sad seeing my medical doctor friend turned political nuisance in our society, my dear accountant turned bus conductor, my lawyer friend turned political analyst at the newspaper stand and my engineer friend turned labourer in the factory.
I weep and cry seeing these great intellectual youths with their levels of education who ought to be gainfully useful to the South Sudan economy and contribute their intellectual sagacity to the growth of our dear country have now turned to a domestic nuisance in our society.
It is a worrisome situation and makes me ask, “Does the South Sudan government have any plan for the South Sudanese youth? For any government to be termed serious, youth employment and development should be their utmost priority. It’s the only achievement that can sustain the economy and the nation.
The South Sudan government at all levels should desist from deceiving the youths through the creation of jobs on paper but rather the government should create visible and meaningful.
God Bless the youth of South Sudan; God Bless the Republic of South Sudan.
The writer can be reached at his email: abeleek2@gmail.com
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