Rave TV — Youth & Nation Building
Invited onto the Rave Morning Show as a Lagos State Youth Ambassador to talk about youth participation in nation building — making the case that if young people want change, we have to be part of the system, not just talk about it from the outside.
The invitation
I was invited onto the Rave Morning Show as a Lagos State Youth Ambassador to talk about something I care about a great deal: youth participation in nation building. Not youth as a slogan or a future promise, but youth as active participants — people already shaping the country rather than waiting their turn.
What I said
My argument was simple. If we want to see change as young people, we have to be part of it. It's easy to stand on the outside and talk about what's wrong; it's harder — and far more useful — to step inside the system and do the work. Change is easier to make when you're part of the system than when you're only talking about it from the outside. That's the whole point of being a youth ambassador in the first place: taking a seat at the table and actually using it.
Why it mattered
A morning show reaches people a policy paper or a summit never will — students, workers, and parents getting ready for their day. Making the case for participation on that kind of platform is how the message reaches the people it's actually about. It was a reminder that advocacy isn't only done in rooms full of people who already agree; sometimes it's done live, first thing in the morning, in front of everyone.