Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on Nigerian youths to rise up and reclaim the country from the grip of poor leadership and underdevelopment.
Falana gave this charge on Saturday while addressing participants at the sixth Annual Youth Leadership Conference, themed Resilience, Innovation, Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship (RISE 2025), held at the University of Lagos.
Speaking passionately, the respected rights advocate lamented the current state of the nation, stressing that the Nigeria of today is a shadow of what it once was, and urging the younger generation to step forward and redefine the country’s future.
He recounted how his own generation once nursed great hopes for Nigeria, buoyed by the nation’s abundant human and natural resources, which positioned it for global greatness, dreams he believes have been betrayed by successive leaders.
He said, “You will have to challenge those who are in power when you have access to them, because some of them in power today belong to our generation.
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“We didn’t suffer what you are going through. We lived a life of dignity.
“My generation had genuine dreams about this country becoming one of the best in the world. But what has happened? Your generation has a duty to reclaim the country,” he declared.
