Volume 2 No 2 Introduction In May 1999 Nigeria’s return to democracy was accompanied with fresh hopes and concealed optimism. This optimism is predicated on the fact that democracy would guarantee freedom, liberty, and equity and enhances security of lives and property, which would indeed repositions development trajectories to sustainability. Regrettably this optimism seems to be an illusion....
Introduction In May 1999 Nigeria’s return to democracy was accompanied with fresh hopes and concealed optimism. This optimism is predicated on the fact that democracy would guarantee freedom, liberty, and equity and enhances security of lives and property, which would indeed repositions development trajectories to sustainability. Regrettably this optimism seems to be an illusion. Nigeria is presently rated as the headquarter of poverty in the world with debilitating youths unemployment. For instance, Adagba (2009) observed that over ten million
Introduction In May 1999 Nigeria’s return to democracy was accompanied with fresh hopes and concealed optimism. This optimism is predicated on the fact that democracy would guarantee freedom, liberty, and equity and enhances security of lives and property, which would indeed repositions development trajectories to sustainability. Regrettably this optimism seems to be an illusion. Nigeria is presently rated as the headquarter of poverty in the world with debilitating youths unemployment. For instance, Adagba (2009) observed that over ten million
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Introduction
In May 1999 Nigeria’s return to democracy was accompanied with fresh hopes and concealed optimism. This optimism is predicated on the fact that democracy would guarantee freedom, liberty, and equity and enhances security of lives and property, which would indeed repositions development trajectories to sustainability. Regrettably this optimism seems to be an illusion. Nigeria is presently rated as the headquarter of poverty in the world with debilitating youths unemployment. For instance, Adagba (2009) observed that over ten million Nigerians were unemployed by March 2009 and unemployment was running at around 19.7 percent on average which stands at 33% now in 2022 (see National Bureau of Statistics Report 2022). This figure geometrically increases yearly with less realistic efforts by the managers of the state to abate the rampaging unemployment problem. In Nigeria, like many other developing countries, about 70% of the population lives in poverty (Otto and Ukpere 2012: 6767). Majority of the population seem to lack access to pipe borne water, health care facilities, electricity and affordable quality education.
