We should be unsurprised that youths in Northern Nigeria seem unable to see themselves in a thriving future of socioeconomic opportunities.
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Now that the dust has settled, even if temporarily, I am inclined to hasten to restate the same points, albeit from another, more personal angle: Without minimising the plethora of factors offered to explain – and perhaps serve as a cure to aspects of – the drivers being highlighted, it is my contention that as political, economic and civil society elites of northern extraction, we have for too long pretended, ignored, overlooked or simply downplayed and/or failed to collaboratively confront...
Agriculture in the north is and remains our “lowest hanging fruit”, yet we have outrageously failed to harness its full potential in tune with contemporary practices! Public, private and civil society actors must quickly work together to redirect and deploy the vibrant energy of our youth population to full, modernised and sustained participation in this sector.
Agriculture in the north is and remains our “lowest hanging fruit”, yet we have outrageously failed to harness its full potential in tune with contemporary practices! Public, private and civil society actors must quickly work together to redirect and deploy the vibrant energy of our youth population to full, modernised and sustained participation in this sector.
We are, without any doubt or any form of pretence, far behind as a region. Let us step up to do something about it. I wish to charge socio-political and cultural organisations in the North to come together and convene a platform of like-minded Arewa persons to address this quagmire that has held the region down for far too long. The time is now to, step forward together and chart a new course for the Giant of Nigeria, sadly wobbling along presently with clay feet. History beckons, yan’uwa.
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