When a Generation Stops Believing: The Deepening Crisis of Youth Disenchantment in Nigeria
The mathematics of despair is straightforward. Nigeria’s youth population aged 15 to 35 comprises roughly 60 percent of the country’s 223 million people. Yet according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, unemployment among this demographic has hovered between 23 and 35 percent in recent years, with underemployment figures climbing even higher. For many,…