YOUTH, POLITICS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WEALTH CREATION: THE PASSION OF ASIWAJU (DR) OLATUNJI OLUSOJI
The political system in Nigeria has majorly & unfortunately, remained stone- walled manned by haughty political scavengers whose goal in governance is primarily to perpetuate personal & clannish interests, objectives and motivations.
More demeaning is the act of treating the electorates as expendables required to blossom the political ambitions of these strongmen, and are considered as cannon fodder only needed to further & feather their access to power, private accumulation of natural resources & state capture.
This anecdote is further complexified as the political system continues to recycle leadership, promote senescent and infirm leadership and affirm a decadent gerontocracy with spent visionary appetite for the pursuit of true national leadership and transformation.
Ensconced within this political disenchantment is a youth upsurge full of existential dread because of the scarcity of opportunities or elite colonisation of the inadequate opportunities that the system allocates to them.
These youths are largely unemployed or underemployed but employable
They seem only useful to the political actors and party machineries during electioneering campaigns or as soldiers in their private armies.
The entrepreneurial environment that could have disinclined some of these youths off idleness, social vices and criminal inclinations is challenged and experiences paroxysms manifesting systemic neglect, failure, disinvestment, primordial corruption and politised or partisan citizen assistance.
Thus, Nigerian youths have sadly, become the new denizens treated as underserving of equitable state intervention.
To achieve a new narrative, the political and economic managers of the state as espoused by a leading light, entrepreneur and political firebrand, Asiwaju Dr. Prince Olatunji Olusoji is paying greater attention, focus and responsibility to youth empowerment, liberalising the political entrepreneurial & wealth creation millieu and remove anthropogenic blockades which stagnate greater youth participation in the political and economic destiny of Nigeria.
In order to encourage the full utilisation of the youth for the benefit of the society and to encourage democratic principles, ethos and support system, Prince Olusoji is an unrepentant and exemplary leader in the concerted efforts that will encourage and guarantee youth inclusiveness in Nigerian politics.
For Dr. Olusoji, the youth are the innovation drivers required to activate youth entrepreneurship as a force for socio-economic transformation and financial independence.
Being a vibrant, proactive, foresighted, young entrepreneur and business manager, Dr. Olusoji believes that it is the courage and creativity of Nigeria’s youth that is truly charting a new course for him, *if you are a young Nigerian, you should remember that you’re not too small and you’re not too late*
*It is, therefore, imperative to start from where you are and not what you have*
And to those in power, Prince Olusoji is specific on the need *to clear the path, invest, mentor, & believe*
He firmly believes that this is not just a hustle; it is a revolution waiting to conceptualise.
Tony Oloniruha,
Political Analyst/ PR Consultant,
writes from Kabba, Kogi State
(Democracy Newsline Newspaper, December 20th 2025)
