KENNIS MUSICPRO

An idle mind they say, is the Devil's workshop. This cliched expression has been used severally to explain why most Nigerian youths engage in criminal activities. "If they have something doing", many have argued, "they will not have time for all those criminal acts they engage in." Thus because our youths have "embraced" idleness, the "Devil" (whoever he is) has made them his workshop. But I point out en passant that the Devils in the Nigerian society are all those shameless and power crazy p...

An idle mind they say, is the Devil's workshop. This cliched expression has been used severally to explain why most Nigerian youths engage in criminal activities. "If they have something doing", many have argued, "they will not have time for all those criminal acts they engage in." Thus because our youths have "embraced" idleness, the "Devil" (whoever he is) has made them his workshop. But I point out en passant that the Devils in the Nigerian society are all those shameless and power crazy politicians who hand over guns to the youths and bid them exterminate their political opponents; the Devils are those who have made it their sole aim, to squash the opportunities of actualization of dreams which the youths would have had: those selfish and corrupt leaders. In a society where you must make money (not just bucks, but mega bucks) otherwise you are a nobody, the means of acquiring the wealth become inconsequential. Remain poor today, and your position as the first son in a family will be taken over by your "Smarter" and richer younger brother. In a society where money is "god", opportunities to make the money become very essential and are scrambled for. Unfortunately, opportuities could either be positive or negative. Our task therefore becomes that of painstakingly directing the youths to embrace the positive opportunities. But in letting them embrace the positive opportunities, there must be positive opportunities in the first place.