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NIGERIAN YOUTHS; THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT

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        NIGERIAN YOUTHS:THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT C (2018)                 CHIBU NDUBUISI              30/04/2018 WEEK 18 What makes a civilization survive is not strength but how they respond to the weak, not by wealth but how they care for the poor, not by power but the concern for the powerless, what renders a culture invulnerable is the compassion it shows to the vulnerable”. Jonathan Sacks Peace be upon you. The National Youth Policy of Nigeria defines youth as all young males and females between 18-35 years, the African youth charter defines youth as between 15-35 years of age . The 2017 theme of the 29 th African Union summit was “ Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through investments in Youth”. Fast forward in 2018, President Buhari at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster said,   “ We have a very young population and our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. The 60 per cent of the population is below the age of 30. A lot of

CURSED OR THE CAUSE.A LESSON IN MISCALCULATION AND MISADVENTURE. (4)

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CURSED OR THE CAUSE.A LESSON IN MISCALCULATION AND MISADVENTURE.   (4) C (2018)                     CHIBU NDUBUISI                          24/04/2018     WEEK 17    Vincent Ogbulafor and His 60 Years Postulations of PDP Rule in Nigeria                         Peace be upon you The late Chuba Okadigbo averred and I quote; “ The PDP, which had been a big party of the people, is fast becoming a problem party---They now lie prostrate in the trauma wing of a political hospital--. So, what next? We all know that nothing succeeds like failure….”. The presidential elections of 2015 ended Vincent’s prophesy about PDP ruling for 60 years and ushered in the government of Mohammed Buhari. The phone call by the defeated president Jonathan to the opposition candidate further cemented the defeat of PDP as all efforts to keep prodding Jonathan to stay on power failed. The mistake of Babangida who failed to hand over power to MKO Abiola is still fresh and Jon