My 20 Million Youth Story – By Osita Duru (One9jaboi)

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My name is Osita Duru, a Nigerian youth who believes in the Nigerian Project. My passion for our dear country propelled me into getting involved and involving some of you in forums and organizations
with the goals of making Nigeria a better place through responsible leadership come 2015. My belief is that only the youths can make this difference. It is not a secret that the PDP has continuously failed our dear country since its coming into power about 14years ago. We all crave for that change and a group of us have realized that the only way change can come is through us (the youths). If we could rise in a large number and let the old order notice us. The idea of 20millionyouthsfor2015 was formed with the noble goal of
selecting leaders from amongst us, the youths, who will lead our dear country out of this quagmire. Our goal was not to get attached to any political party but to be one or at least an NGO, with the goal ofpresenting capable men and women with the fire and passion of this Nation in their hearts
irrespective of tribe, religion or region. See 20 million youth roadmap -à http://one9jaboi.blogspot.com/p/20-million-youth-for-2015.html
With the zeal and passion of youth, I embraced this noble idea and dedicated my online presence into “Recruiting Patriots to save the Fatherland” . I actually became the most vocal member of the movement and as a matter of fact recruited a total of 475 people to the movement. It was my dream, I worked day and night to fulfill this dream. Here is the list of people that registered through me
475 members have joined through you.
ezekiel wheto
Imonina Balmes Oruru
Barrister Duke
kamal
olaoluwa
ahmad musa
Duru
Olarewaju
Awonaike Mariam Olaoluwa
obee
Arekemase Rukayat
Ola
Olufoye Seun
Dr. Fadil Murtala
OLAJUMOKE RIDWAN
Shehu Audu
fanimokun Tolulope T.
Lukman Omikunle
Abdulfatai Lukman
Adebanjo yunusa o
DannyEdnut
Hajara yusuf
jabeer kwaru
Rev. Collins Uma
umar Ibrahim mohammed
abdulfatah bamidele
Marcus Ayaosi
Alausa Olanrewaju M
Collins omoudu
Kwami Adadevoh
opemipo
Fatimah
Maryam Ladan
chidozie MacDonald
Adebanjo Adefesono
Abayomi Omideyi
Vera
mustapha Galadima
Emeka Udeogu
Mohammed Naseer Ibraheem
BABARINDE ADEDAYO
Fati Chiroma
henry chibuike
godson alofoje
Onugbolu sinclair
Shamsuddeen lawal
Oluwatosin Adedayo Olatunji
Edy Edak Aniekan Ekpo
adebiyi olamide
idris Mohammed
christantus
kayode o ayodele
Princess Simysola
salam khafila
HRH King Aleeyu
ahmed isyaku sani
Jude Egbas
AGWUNANENU
festus edukpe
Ahmadu Jirgi
precious
suberu o samuel
BeeKayWaiH
Olusegun
CindyChelsea
Anderson Paul
taiwo
salako quadri
David Lar
Kofo
tina jarius
Akinnuoye kemisola
obaro kehinde
onifade Temidayo
Lasisi Babatunde
Olawunmi Akanmode
Adegboro Sholafunmi
Oryina Orvaa
Adenola Michael Folaranmi
Obafemi Akanji
Khadijah Okusanya
Kikiowo Ileowo
Ebele
olusoro oluwaseun
idris Abdullahi Muhammad
bisoye
moses
Oyegade Abayomi
jenny
muhammad audi
ARAGA MOHAMMED
Iyanda Iseoluwa
Ajiboye Temitope Emmanuel
Oke muritala
Ndukaku
Nahel J
Femi Omidiji
Kelvin Anih
Agada Victor Inalegwu
Adikwu Emmanuel
Victor Ogwuda
omanise obaje-adofu
Tukur Sani
ajala kehinde ajibola
shola Danii
Tope Olotu
abdusalam isah
Micheal Ogunshola
ilesanmi adeola
okparaolu chris
Obi Festus Nnamdi
okafor emmanuel
Mr Myers
Kingsley Ezem
Lami Boyis
muoneke chima
Zulaha Hadejia
Sheriff Ayodeji Olaniyan
mahmud abubakar
Temi Oyetunde
ABEGUNRIN
RichardAkwarandu
ayomide
Obi Olajide
Chiedu Collins
iroko jacob kehinde
ogunsanya hajarat oyinkansola
Azanor Fidelis
chukwuma
Abdul Ikonallah
Gloria ubani
fadahunsi adeola
Jolly Itoya
hajara tanko usman
Abdulsamad
Hamzat Nurudeen
Nwike Enwezor
Victory chidi
opec Bassey
Ani benedict
baffa yusuf
nwachukwu egwim
Siraj Akande
Abubakar Ahmad
bakari kulchum
Mohammed Babayo
Bala G Dalbadal
GODFREY Tom
Opec Bassey
jahan sani turaki
modupe
sani abdullahi
Isaiah Ngadaonye
olushegun victor olapojoye
Onelum Callistus
Oyewola Olusola
Suleiman bature
Shamsuddeen Abubakar Ladan
gaddafi
fagbote temitayo
kenny olutola otolorin
Mohammed Mohammed
Zubairu Buhari
Shuaibu Hassan
Faisal Suleiman
mansur farouk jibrin
joseph m a yusuf
Abubakar Aliyu
lilian omoruyi
oba adeoye
Iheaka Kelechukwu Okpo
sadique
james
Panache
Abdulaziz Mala
kike
Bizza Magana
Onipede Samson Olurotimi
oladipupo Ige
Bashir Bello Da’u
kazeem
lydia Hamisu
prince chigozie amiaka
Akerele Nifemi
Akanbi Dapo
suleiman Tajudeen
sarah oluwatoyin
Somoye Abolore
Adama
adegbola oyetunde
Alelumhe Naarah
zarma Bamus
segun ogunnowo
Odetoyinbo Damilare Rapheal
udumba Pamela
Jimoh Olatunji Yusuf
Leye Jisola
Ineh Peince Emeka
Debbie
bukola elebute
ibikunle gabriel oladimeji
Admiral Reginald
Osazuwa Timmy Obaseki
Philips Akinyele
Aminu Abubakar
asiwaju owolabi badmus
ALONGE OLUWASEYI
Adesewa Bello
Faloba Damilola
Rootysnap
vera morah
IBRAHIM ABDULRAFIU
ogunyiola gabriel
AKHILOMEN STEPHENIE
Abubakar Waziri Bawa
Nicholas Obueh
Olalekan
Donel
salami ismail oyewale
Ayokunle Sholanke
Mr bright
Odey Malone
Adeshina Taofeek
abdussalam mubaarak
chinyere osoka
samispot
Ono
francess
aliyu bello
Omoriwo Ope
Ogunleye Rasheed Ayokunle
yemi
Henry onyegbula
Adaeze Zita Ifejilimalu
emmanuel okala
Nihin Banjo
muhammad danmusa
Ajetunmobi Oluwafemi
Yemmy Godson
florence Fasetan
Bello Shagari
Adesanya Omotomiwa
Hassan
ADENIRAN ABIODUN
Damola G
Ishaq sani
aminu muhammad danbaba
Bello Abdullahi
Olakunle Dada
abubakar mohamnmed
Saleh Muhammad
ukashat Tijjani
Theophilus U Asonye
saifullahi Y El-ladan
Ayonoadu Nafinama B
Babajide Ajayi
Adejare Sangoniran
Asa
Musa ilya
Yusuf Abdulmajeed
abubakar
Aderayo Dada
Omotoso Biola
Ahmad Shehu Haido
Suwaiba Ibrahim
Muhammed salis
Mahmoud Ibrahim Babangida
Jegede Adewale
Aminu Abubakar
Hassan Baba
Abdullahi Tijjani Abubakar
Omowunmi Adegun
Aliyu Ahmed Mustapha
musa muktar muazu
Idrees Ibraheem Olanrewaju
Abdulhakeem Kabir Usman
fasemire sunday joseph
haastrup rowland adelana
odunayo Temitope Alex
Isa Y suleiman
Anas Idris Gusau
Ishaq Jahun
Yahuza Abdullahi Ishaq
baba ali ferobe
kunleski menaoski
tami gidado
muhammad ilyas saleh
zaid jakada
Remi Oderinde
‘Funsho Oke
munauwar ibrahim muhammad
Nura yahaya sanda
Adeyemi Oyebamiji
steve okosun
Akewugberu Damilola
oluwole agbo
muhammad mahmoud aminu
olusegun adesanya
Gboyega Dada
ogunyemi kayode stephen
Emmanuel
Abdullahi isyaku kankia
rilwan Ramon
Abdul Anka
Nura S. Ishak
Hally
Akinwale Adeloye Muyiwa
Akinwale Adeloye Muyiwa
Anthony Effiom
Fahd B. Isa
mohammed abdullah
Hauwa Muhammad Ali
Habeeba Abdullahi
Abubakar
Muhammed Adamu Muhammed
hafsa
Sadiq daniel
Olumide Famoroti
saidu musa abubakar
ibrahim
Ahmed Mamman Halidu
Samson
alegheme oghe david
Seun Akinbode
salisu muhammed
Abdul Abdulaziz
Hadiza kaka Abdulazeez
Mahmood Namallam
Ibrahim Sulaiman Muhammad
Usman A. Shamaki
Osima Keno Augustine
aaron ukasanya azonwu
Abdulmumin Muslim Idris
Ayodele Ogun
MR ANGUS .O. MODEBE
Sani Zubair
lubna
Yusuf Rasheedat Abiodun
Lekan Ogunleye
Enitan
Sulaiman
Shanu Olakunle
Abari sulaiman bolaji
IMAVAH, Shaka A.
amina abu yaro
emmanuel prince
Muktar
abdullahi mahmood
Adefidipe Adesanmi
abioodun Oluwole
kolawole rofiyat
Stella Ajike
ALABI SULAIMAN ADEGBOYEGA
Fawaz Muhammed
shina Bam
Tosin
niyinlolawa olumide
kabir
Nuraddeen Nuhu
OLUIGBO IKENNA VICTOR
amir Jnr
el.ay.Zayne
babatunde kamal abdulsalam
kevin
Adewole Kehinde Adgbenga
obadun ibrahim
Edward Jiman
Busuyi Okeowo
‘Simagha
idris evuti
AUSTIN AGUDA
Salau Abdulrahman A
Muhammad Shittu
Taiwo mobolaji Oshin
Okafor Ifeanyi John
ojooniyun budale
sani shuaibu
AGABA ANKELI KELLY
hakeem adenle
maryam elrufai
Suleiman Kelani Abdulkadir
AKINOLA GBENGA
muhammed salamatu
Ayodele Abodunrin
nwachukwu samson
Ojo Babajide
NIYI
Tope Aigba
shawn
Adenyuma christopher
rakiya jibrin
Tobore Gbemre
jite binta gorden
Onimole
Salako kolawole r
Adetola Oluwaseun
Chijioke J. C
comrade abdulrahman usman muawiyya
Ibraheem A. Jiya
paul utho
Okkemccar Vincent
Segun Tomori
Ajayi Ademola
Haruna Mohammed
Grace Udie-Anah
Elizabeth U.Anah
Dipo Balogun
adeoye
Yinka Sanya
Chinemere Okereke
fati sada
Wale osipitan
Lawal Muntari
Isah B
TAJUDDEENHAFIZ2
abdulwahab h fari
Uzoma Ikechukwu
Zakari Sani Muhammad
kelvin ogba
Isaac Usoro
Shamsu Ambursa
abisoye fadayiro
Onawumi Tosin Babatunde
samaila
Eteobong Okon
kotun surajudeen ola
Abraham ede
Folaenthral
Steven Edegbe
Eniola Igunnu
yinusa kehinde
Ahmad muhammad liman
Moshood Ramadan
olagunju Ahmed Olaniyi
Zaks4uall
Akaka Oluwafunmilayo Tamilore
robiton josh
Orowale Oge
AbdulHameed Oyeniyi
Godfrey Attah
LOIS
ojo suru david
Bello Muhammed Nauteeq
okenla Ahbiola
Aiki Olusola
olayiwola samson kola
Olarewaju Olaniyi
Jason
Fashola Oloyede
Mina Georgewill
nanakumo ebikeme
Femi
Olalekan Badmus
funsho
Olayiwola Bamgboye
stephen-eko- osabuase
musa ibn abdul
Onoriode E. Awala
Engr.Babatunde orimidupa
adenekan seyi
muhammad kolos
OSHIKOYA
Mayowa Omotosho
wale james Abatan
olalekan olorunsogo
Akintunde David
deji
AbdulKadir Bello
John J kassah
Oladimeji Busayo Priscilla
Oriade
Popoola Segun
Jamila
bukar musty
olubukola
6,992 Total Members registered
Let it not be said that I was not dedicated. I was totally dedicated to the movement. Now there came up the issue of registration. It was agreed that we first became an NGO before anything else. The issue of registration was given to a certain “Chiboy”. After about several weeks with no forthcoming news, I asked about the registration and what efforts were made, I was told that “Chiboy” disappeared with the money.
See my twitter DM with @NeduNaija
Feb 12
But why we haven’t raised people is clear. We gave a responsibility to Chiboy, he ran away with our money and didn’t do the job.
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Feb 12
I’m more hurt by the delay than you, my brother, because I know how much of my money I put into this project. It’s not a good news for me.
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Feb 12
We contributed money, denied our relatives our presence and were in meetings all through to make this movement work. An Igbo guy messed it.
Feb 12
A fellow Igbo brother did this to us. After the shock, the anger and frustration, we are out to rebuild.
Feb 12
When one is in a group, one has to understand that one person’s opinion cannot override majority decision.
Feb 12
If we convene a national congress and everybody agrees that we become a political party, I’ll be excited to be part of it.
Feb 12
But we cannot, out of our patriotism and idealism, insist on only our views. It doesn’t make one a good team member.
Feb 12
Even in our Saturday meeting, the issue of being a party was hotly debated. It isn’t a topic that will go without debate.
Feb 12
I understand perfectly well. We weren’t consulted before the merger. That’s why we need to build#20MillionYouthsFor2015 as a block.
Feb 12
We can then sit and discuss terms with anybody we want to align with. Look bro, we cannot have a youth-based party.
Feb 12
We will not be able to fund it. It is very capital intensive. Even if we get people who have plenty money to give us, they’d want a special
Feb 12
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Feb 12
The sad thing is that they have raped this country. The other thing is that the raped do not have enough resources to fight for power.
Feb 12
As a movement, we can become strong enough to force a change.
Feb 12
So do we join ACP or PDP..Either way..its a no no for me
Feb 12
I beg you, bro. Many Nig youths will be quick to join the PDP where there’s free money, than join an all youth party where they’ll suffer.
Feb 12
Our original plan was to choose a candidate we believe in, and campaign for him/her. That’s what I remember.
Feb 12
But the most important issue is to build our brand, raise it from the ground where it is, erect cells, and then have a structure.
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Feb 12
I don’t think our preoccupation should be PDP or APC.
Feb 12
I don’t expect us to agree all the time, but I expect that we honour our desire for a better country by talking to ourselves first.
Till today, the movement we began almost a year ago has not been registered. I felt betrayed. However, recent developments are threatening those noble ideas. The last straw that got me really pissed was this conversation via gtalk with @NeduNaija
Chinedu Ekeke
Feb 8
to me
12:56 PM Chinedu: Hey
12:57 PM Afternoon, today
how are you, bro?
me: Nedu good afternoon
Its been long
12:58 PM Chinedu: Yeah
me: I am fine
Chinedu: Quite long
me: True bro
What’s happening
Things are moving really fast
Chinedu: I so wish you will be here this weekend. We are going to have a serious meeting
me: We seem lost in the scheme of things
12:59 PM Chinedu: That’s what it seems. But that’s not what it is.
me: Hmmmm
1:00 PM Chinedu: We need serious deliberations.
me: I can atleast make the meeting known to my followers
1:01 PM Chinedu: Please don’t. The meeting is going to be sensitive. We should only meet with the leaders
me: Okay .. I can always find solace in your words
Truth…
About the merger and where we stand..
Okay
Point noted
Chinedu: One. There merger has worked. But will they seek votes of ‘non-stakeholders’ to pick a candidate? I doubt
me: Will jenniepete be among ?
1:02 PM True
Chinedu: 2. They may not likely seek the views of the the ‘normal youths’. I see them imposing their candidates again.
1:03 PM Here’s where we become relevant, and powerful
20 Million Youths will be courted by the 2 parties
1:04 PM me: It has become a headache.. Thinking of the political calculations and all
Chinedu: But wait…are we even alive? Who are 20millionyouths? What’s their population? Where is their presence?
We can’t answer those questions now.
We need to first live, before becoming relevant.
me: Okay
Chinedu: How do we live?
1:05 PM We need commitment
We need physical presence
We need dedicated staff
How do we do all these? We need money
MONEY
MONEY
How much do we need?
1:06 PM Millions
20, 30, 40
or even more
How do we get it?
from the same poor youths?
Is it possible?
How much can we tax ourselves?
1:07 PM So how do we live? We need money to live.
The puzzle, therefore, is how we can live.
1:08 PM me: True
Chinedu: That’s the challenge. And that’s the puzzle that meeting must solve
1:09 PM me: Okay.. I will be here
1:10 PM If the meeting reaches a conclusion.. I am with it
I think that’s how I can be relevant from here
1:11 PM If need be that we contribute.. I am game
Chinedu: The contribution is a huge challenge, because the amount involved is huge, and honestly, many of us can’t.
7 minutes
1:19 PM me: Hmmm
Nedu.. Let the meeting go on first
Chinedu: We need funding. And we need those who really are comfortable – financially – to help us out. But how many Nigerian millionaires aren’t politicians? Our second challenge is to get the real patriots who aren’t politicians, but are willing to fund us.
We
1:20 PM We’ll need to think outside the box
1:21 PM me: Okay
1:22 PM Chinedu: Yeah
But we’ll tell you the outcome of the meeting
We are treading the same path, those before us did. The path that
has kept us in bondage of under development, the oath that has kept
us under bondage of a few despite vast human resources. We as
youths, as a people have refused to ask our leaders and aspiring leaders
questions, we have refused to demand accountability. We are ready
to follow the same group of people who have made our country what
it is today through embezzlement of our resources, corruption and
unaccountability just because they have changed “clothing”.
I am not a cynic, I am not a pessimist. I believe in the miracle of
humanity to pull through the hardest circumstances, i believe people
can change, but I also believe in asking questions. I also know that
great nations of this world did not become great by maintaining the
status quo, they desired change and they demanded it and got it. My
dear friends, do not allow yourselves be used as a weapon to further
sink our country. If we are to behind anyone and support them, let it
be that they have gone through the fire of leadership and have been
pronounced worthy and ready to move our nation to its rightful place.
We should not vote out a group of thieves and vote in another bunch of
pretentious thieves.
I believe in the youths of our great Nation, Nigeria, I believe Nigeria will
rise again. But we have to step out of our comfort zone into the realm
of the unknown and get our freedom.
Long live Nigeria.
Thanks.
Osita Duru