According to a BBC poll, young Nigerians have the most unfavourable impression of their country’s future orientation on the whole continent.
According to a poll, 95% of Nigerian youths do not feel President Muhammadu Buhari is leading the nation on the right path. The South African Ichikowitz Family Foundation conducted the Africa Youth Survey 2022, which included respondents from 15 nations.
The poll, which was conducted among 4,500 young people aged 18-24 in Africa, discovered that the majority of the sampled youngsters are likely to contemplate migrating, citing economic difficulties and educational prospects as important factors.
According to a BBC poll, young Nigerians have the most unfavourable impression of their country’s future orientation on the whole continent.
President Buhari has presided over two economic recessions since taking office in 2015, with the jobless rate reaching a record 33.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the country’s statistics department.
Worsening insecurity has also had an impact on livelihoods, as bandits and terrorists roam wide ungoverned territories, murdering, kidnapping, and maiming at whim and driving farmers away from fields, endangering food security.
Energy expenses for small enterprises and homes have also been steadily rising. Cooking gas, diesel, petrol, and jet fuel are now prohibitively expensive, exceeding the buying capacity of the average Nigerian.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, said in November 2021 that present economic woes are “pushing our young people to explore illegal migration,” in quest of better pasture.
Mr Ogunwusi said that illegal migration was fueled by “the failure of our governance and leadership,” and he called for a “collective national allegiance of building a nation that prioritizes its future generation and bequeath to them prosperity, peace, and human dignity.”
