Hardi Yakubu, a leading member of the Economic Fighters League (EFL), says the pressure and desire of the youth to acquire riches by all means does not stem from spiritualists on TV alone.
According to him, the young ones in the society who do not have the means see the riches of politicians within few years in power, however, because they have no connections to occupy positions of these politicians they resort to foul means to make money.
His comment comes on the back of the Kasoa murder where there have been increased calls for a ban of mallams and spiritualists on TVs.
Hardi Yakubu was reported by mynewsgh: “Once again, we must look at this issue from a class perspective. In a highly classized society like ours, the lifestyles and methods of the upper class (privileged class) are the standards. Both the means and ends serve as examples to which people look and aspire…With capitalism pervading every facet of our society, the most important thing of value is MONEY. Everything else is below it in value. So the privileged class amass all money and power using various means which are not always proper. For example, the privileged class acquire money through dubious contracts, money laundering, kickbacks etc.
All that is important is the MONEY, how they get it is not questioned. Indeed even if it is questioned in a court of law, they are given mild sentences only to be released to enjoy the booty. 99.9% of the time, they never get jailed, nor is the money ever recovered. They splash the money everywhere. Through socialisation, young people learn by observation that all they need to do is acquire money,” he asserted.
“But they [young people],” he continued, “are not in positions of power and privilege, so they can’t influence contracts or get kickbacks. So they adopt different means because they must still buy the luxurious houses and cars. So merely banning the advertisements of money doubling on TV solves nothing. Young people live in the communities and they see the beach front houses, the land cruisers, luxury apartments acquired in less than four years of being in power.”
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