Looting: Lagos Lawmaker Says Nigerian Youths High On Drugs, Sees Bleak Future |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Amuwo Odofin constituency 1 of Lagos State, has condemned the looting and arson of Public and Private Properties by hoodlums who hijacked the Peaceful and Coordinated #EndSARS protest against Police brutality and extra judicial killings.

Alli-Macaulay alleged that many Nigerian youths are high on drugs all the time, which makes them misbehave and act abnormally.

The Lawmaker said this during a plenary at the Lagos State House of Assembly on the looting and arson in the wake of the #EndSARS protest.

She said the National Orientation Agency needs to be alive to its responsibilities and help change the attitude of the youths.

“The National Orientation Agency needs to get to work. We need to begin to orientate our young people. They need people who can talk to them from time to time. They are high on drugs all the time, most of them. They go to social media and say all sorts of things. I’m even scared to give my young children phones because I am scared of what they may see on social media. It is that bad.”

She stressed that unemployment shouldnt be the yardstick or an excuse for looting, adding that unemployment was not exclusive to Nigeria.

“It is not unemployment that should be the reason why youths should come out and begin to misbehave. There is unemployment across the world, even in the United States.

“I schooled in the UK, and I saw a lot of young people who were not employed but they didn’t become hoodlums. Why can’t we look inwards and look for solutions to our problems?” she asked.

The lawmaker argued that an unemployed graduate could get a job in the informal sector instead of complaining about joblessness.

“Why can’t the young people look within themselves, look for their talents? Even if you are a graduate, what stops you from being a designer or a professional tile man and make a brand of it? There is no excuse for being a hoodlum. With this action from the youth, the future of the nation looks bleak” she said.