Nigeria’s founding principles are in jeopardy

PROJECT 2023; The Case For An Inclusive Plan For All

Statics reveal that the youth population makes up over 80% of the Nigerian population of over the 206 million Nigerians

“Together” — that is the theme that Nigeria has chosen to mark 60 years of independence from Britain. That determination to keep the country united has been a hallmark of Nigeria’s existence, particularly after the 1967 attempt by the Igbo ethnic group to secede and form a separate nation,

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