Kí ni ẹ ń fi lélẹ̀ fún àwọn ọ̀dọ́ Nàìjíríà tí ó ní ìrẹ̀wẹ̀sì sí orílẹ̀-èdè náà lónìí?
Mo ti wá láti fi ìbáṣepọ̀ kan rọ̀ ọ́ yín láti yí àwọn ipò tó dá àwọn ìbànújẹ́ yẹn padà, àti láti bẹ̀ yín pé kí ẹ di olùkópa tó ń ṣiṣẹ́ nínú kíkọ́ Nàìjíríà tí ẹ yẹ. Mo mọ̀ pé ẹ ń gbé pẹ̀lú àwọn ìbànújẹ́ wọ̀nyí lójoojúmọ́, dáadáa jù bí ẹnikẹ́ni ṣe lè sọ fún yín lọ. Èyí kì í ṣe nípa sísọ̀rọ̀ sí yín, bí kò ṣe níti ṣíṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú yín láti yí àwọn nǹkan padà papọ̀.
Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.
Ibi tí èyí ti wá
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I have therefore not come here simply to speak about your frustrations. You know those frustrations better than I do because you live with them every day. I have come to offer you a partnership to change the conditions that created them and to ask you to become active participants in building the Nigeria you deserve.
THE NIGERIA YOUR GENERATION KNOWS
Let us speak plainly. The Nigeria many young people experience today is very different from the Nigeria they were promised. You were taught that if you worked hard, obtained an education, obeyed the law and applied yourselves diligently, opportunity would follow.
Many of you did exactly that. You studied through strikes and blackouts, only to graduate into an economy where a university degree does not guarantee a job and where even those fortunate enough to find work increasingly struggle to afford food, transportation and rent.
You have watched talented friends and classmates - doctors, engineers, accountants, software developers and other professionals - pack their bags for Canada, the United Kingdom, America and elsewhere in search of opportunities their own country should be capable of providing.