 In a world full of discrimination, highlighting another one should not cause great distress. With an older population growing younger and the world being dominated by a younger demographic, the world as we know it has greatly morphed. Ageism has been defined simply as discrimination against individuals or a group of people based on their age. It was specifically coined to describe discrimination against older people and the aging process. However, currently ageism in some context is used to refer to discrimination against young people too. They've crept into that one too. With the advent of the internet and the explosion of technology and its age, there are tons of young people often below voting age that have acquired riches and are often the employers of older labour, their parents inclusive, or older people working in spaces where they can be considered endangered. With this comes a desensitisation of social graces, most especially the boundaries of respect for older ones. It is easy to blame personalisation for the loss of our core values on this side of the Atlantic, but can't this truly be avoided? Ageism is not only seen in the most obvious place, which is the workplace, but even in speech, telling a woman she's too old to wear certain styles of outfits, particularly ones that are considered sexy, praising older people by comparing them to younger ones. You look young for your age. Ah, you're young at heart. Are you really that old? Red-limbed products, anti-ageing products, services, wonder treatments, surgeries, and so on. Directories made headlines when, at 41 years old, she won a spot on the US Olympic Swim Team for the 2008 Beijing Games and became a five-time Olympian. Most of us would consider a woman of 41 to be old, but having beaten a 25-year-old to land this spot on the team, tourists challenged stereotypes about ageing and showed that people of all ages are capable of making great strikes. Like tourists, many people are striving for success in midlife and beyond, but they find themselves regularly struggling with varying degrees of age. And so, how do we go to exist? I'll just give a few tips here and there of, you know, especially if you're going older and you find yourself, you know, in this space. I mean, don't give up. Speak up. Speak up. Don't let your voice be drowned out. Don't be pushed around because you're older. You have gray hair for a reason. And after all, age gives liberty to speech. Engage in the world. Stay active mentally and physically. Follow the news. Live in the present. Look to the future. Show your children and grandchildren that you are aware of what is going on. Be positive. Attitude has a lot to do with how people overcome ages and relish the experience and wisdom that comes with age and put them to good use. Most importantly for me, be as independent as you can be and go for what you want. And I'm referring specifically to tourists. I mean, age shouldn't be put, you know, shouldn't put you down if there are things that you're trying to discover. Right now, I'm on another new journey at this age and I'm going to love it. Finally, exercise. Exercise not just your mind, but your body. Bottom line is we'll all get there. Be kind to yourself and others. I like this topic. I just, I want to kick it off. I like this topic because I am an older woman and I still have a lot in me and I just felt that I felt that a lot of people still struggle especially as females. It's almost as if because you're a woman, you know, and you reach, for example, the first sign that is over for us is menopause. Once a woman is hitting menopause, there's also a gain for her. I mean, I don't understand how nature decided to even deal with us in that regard. So you can't really believe the world for treating us like that. But it's not true. It's just, okay, fine. It's a bridge to the other side and I really wanted to bring this out that you can live a whole life, you know, to the end. It might be different, but that's what youth do to us and how do we help even our youth to understand that you still need to, you know, look up to me because I will pass on the baton to you and let me say that was why I spoke about ageism and I hope somebody is, you know, somebody finds some hope outside his face and, you know, just go out there and live till they call you home. Over to you. Anyway, Madam Comfort Boots, I think first of all, I see you as a young woman, you know, I don't see any, I don't see any, but let me come from a general perspective. Yeah, it's true. Women are, in this part of the world, we have a mindset problem individual and also we have a societal orientation. You know, it's always hard on the women. Yeah, old men like you, see what they do. I'm using local parlance. But if it is the men, they don't really even talk about, especially when the men are wealthy, they don't care. Like today I was in a vehicle coming and they were arguing that this man at 90 can get married in a small town as well. It doesn't matter about a woman at 90. Why would she get married? You know, those gender-sensitive talk. I want to come from a general view. I just want to come from a general perspective. I want to use these opportunities to address the Nigerian police. When you see a young guy driving a vehicle, a young man, a young man like me, driving a vehicle, a very powerful vehicle, or like you too, driving the vehicle while they stop you, the next thing they start asking you questions, who are you? Identify yourself, bring your phone. How do you come a young boy like he's having this vehicle? And some of them will go as far as telling them that me, we've worked for police for 30 years and no fear for them. So they just brand you. You must be a fraudster, you're an old boy. So that's the sonsome of ageism. Are you saying that there must be a certain age you must get to before you were able to eat the fruit of your labor? Must you work and toil your age? Then let me come from another perspective. For this election coming, personally, yeah, even though they have been most talked about from America, Americans are saying we don't want Trump, we don't want Biden. On a general scale, Biden is old. We need the younger candidates. And in Nigeria here, they are shall come and go, we don't want older persons. These people have been here for a long time. We want young people. Personally, I think it's a form of ageism but I don't think we should judge people by their age. Why we should be concerned more is does this person have what it takes to deliver? Is he mentally and physically fit? Some young people are not mentally and physically stable to run office. So I don't believe in ageism. Everybody should be respected. And let me come from this other angle again. Before you become, before you seem to be relevant in your old age, make sure you use your youthful age productively. Let me give you an example. Look at General Lushego of Asanjo. They had this problem for two years in Ethiopia. He was still giving the responsibility of overseeing the peace talk between the Tigri region and the European government. Sorry, the Ethiopian government. So Ethiopian government and the Tigri region to end the civil war effectively. Obasanjo is very old. He's not a young person. He's over 80 years, right? Over 80, maybe almost 90, you get. Now, aside from Lushego of Asanjo, we have other notable people. We just heard, okay, Professor George Obasanjo's past on when he was alive. This man has definitely as old as he was. You see him saying things about addressing Nigerian problems from unity to government, good policy, good governance. Let me go on. If you go to the religious sector, we have older clergymen. People like, let me use an example. You have someone like Bishop Pasadibiri. You have someone like Pasakumari. When these people speak, they speak with wisdom. So it means that when they were young, they used their youthful needs to develop themselves. So if you want to dream of being relevant in your old age, please use your youthful age wisely and be careful of what you eat. Take care of your health. Build your mind. So when you grow old, you'll still be relevant. And please, let's take care of the old people among us and also respect the youth. That's my thought. So my view on this is this. So because we now live in a very plastic society where people care so much about appearance, outlook and all of that, there's a sense in which people don't want to get old. And I think the psychological definition of that is gerastophobia. That is the fear of getting old. So there's a whole lot of research that has gone into this concept because we want to be around for almost all the time. But unfortunately, life is in phases and the creator has designed it that when we're born, as we grow older, we continue to decline. Just like any product that is produced will ultimately reach its expiry date. That is how man is also configured in creation. So we should see it as a welcome destination. So people should not get old as though it's a death sentence or they should not be stigmatized for progressing through, for their biological progression through time. So you understand. So I think in the context of this election we are having and the candidates on the ballot, I think the so-called candidates who have been sort of stigmatized or criticized for daring to run on account of their age, if they run the read these scripts, they will maybe... We should not get too excited. That is somebody out there who is speaking this way. So I agree that ageism is not a social disorder. As far as I'm concerned, people should be happy that they are able to live to see their gray hair because not everybody will have that privilege or that opportunity. And it's good enough that some NGOs are beginning to come up with a focus of catering to people who are in that bracket, catering to their peculiar and their special needs so that they enjoy their autonomous years as it were. Okay. Thank you, Rebu. And thank you, Comfort, for bringing this. So just like Elaga said, I think what we should be concerned more about is what do you have to offer? You know, legacy will live here because definitely nature will call and we have to live to prepare for that. I give an example. I don't want to lose politics because I have some sentiment around that. I give an example of football. Cristiano Ronaldo is right now, he's 38 years, but he feels even at the best that he cannot move the way he moves when he was young, but he feels that it's still something he wants to give the world of football and he keeps pushing, right? So if you also look at it from that perspective, like here comparing policies of the United States with Nigeria, what do these people have to offer? Is this something that will move us from where we are going, from where we are to where we are expected to be and where we are going, right? We should look into more of what do we have to offer and then at the end of the day, how do we even manage this set of people, not just to look down on them, you know? Even like you talk about the dressing, they should also be mindful for anybody who knows who have been able to identify their potential. I believe there are certain things they will put into consideration when they are moving, you know, and accept the nature as it comes. Thank you very much. Okay, so around fantastic views, I agree, I think I really like that one, that irrespective of the fact that, you know, you don't want to be discriminated based on your age, the truth is that even nature and life, you know, kind of does it for you, however, I think that's it for me, yes, but we should just be kinder, we should be kinder. We will all get there, so we all get there. Exactly, that's the message. Thank you very much. After the break, I'm not sure what you will give us his own topic.