How Youths Mistake Slavery for Mentorship
How Youths Mistake Slavery for Mentorship
By Augustine Luka Tage
Today, many of our youths have mistaken slavery for mentorship. We have allowed ourselves to be used and controlled under the disguise of “loyalty” and “learning.” We serve without purpose, follow without understanding, and defend without question thinking we are being mentored, when in truth, we are being manipulated. Real mentorship builds you; false mentorship drains you. Real mentorship empowers you to stand; false mentorship makes you kneel forever.
Because of this confusion, our future is being stolen in broad daylight. We are robbed of creativity, independence, and the courage to lead. We trade our dreams for crumbs, and in doing so, we sell the very power that could transform our generation. A future that should belong to us is gradually slipping away because we are busy serving as slaves under those who call themselves “mentors,” but who truly seek only control and personal gain.
Think about tomorrow, the old ones are still leading while we are watching, should they continue until the coming generation suffer the same thing?
Fighting Fellow Youths to Protect some Politicians
It’s even more painful when we see youths fighting their fellow youths just to protect some politicians, those politicians who have never fought for them. How do you fight your brother or sister to defend someone who never saw a need to invest in your growth, your education, or your welfare? These same politicians watch as our schools decay, our roads crumble, and our dreams fade yet we become their shields in times of political storms.
Meanwhile we always feel entitled, reaching out to those that are doing well in their businesses and other means to solicit for class rooms renovations, boreholes, school fees, and many other things
We must wake up. Many of these politicians now act as though they are doing us a favor when they perform the very duties they were elected to do. Building roads, creating jobs, ensuring security, these are not favors; they are responsibilities. No leader should boast about doing the bare minimum. The moment we start praising them for simply doing their job, we have accepted mediocrity as governance.
A Call to the Youths
Dear youths, we are the strength of this nation. Let us not misuse that strength. Let us not destroy ourselves in the name of loyalty or tribal sentiment. We must stand strong to protect our future not by disrespecting elders or fighting one another, but by standing for truth, for justice, and for progress.
Follow good leaders those who truly inspire growth, not those who enslave minds. Seek mentorship that builds your capacity, not one that kills your independence. Work hard to develop yourself academically, professionally, and morally. The future belongs to those who prepare for it.
Let us not be tools for thuggery or political manipulation. Let us not sell our votes for short-term gains. Vote wisely. Choose credibility over cash, integrity over influence, and vision over vanity.
Our time is now. Our future is ours if only we have the courage to claim it.
GET WISDOM! HAVE COURAGE! HAVE SENSE.
