Through My Glasses

The greatest assets of any nation are not its mineral deposits or its oil wells. The greatest assets of any nation are not those on Forbes rich list, having more private jets and yachts than they know what to do with. The greatest assets of any nation are its youths. The future of a nation lies in its posterity and is determined by the quality of its youths. This is because youths are the powerhouse, the stronghold and the nucleus of any nation. They are the drivers of any nation’s prosperity. The hope of Nigeria’s future is hung on the shoulders of its future leaders- the youths.  Youths are the ones with the power to define the success or failure of a nation.  Any nation serious about development has to treat its youths as what they really are- potentials to be harnessed, and not problems to be solved. Statistically, youths make up about 60% of Nigeria’s over 170 million population. This is huge by any standard. This percentage also constitutes the major resource base of Nig