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Charting the Course for a New Nigeria: The Role of the Youths and the Legal Profession

By Tobi Adebowale Twitter and Instagram - @tobiBowale. E-mail: tobi.adebowale@geplaw.com We are at a crucial point in the life of our nation, collectively, and in our individual lives respectively. A major demography in Nigeria's 170 million population consists of youths which invariably implies that a discourse on charting a new course for Nigeria cannot be fairly had without considering the place of youths. I dare say that anyone planning a policy direction which does not take into consideration the roles youths are expected to play is engaging in a mere academic exercise, a futile one at best. In talking about a new Nigeria however, we must caution ourselves as to the exact direction of our discourse. Nigeria, being a vast nation with diverse prospects and challenges cannot be discussed comprehensively in a sitting or at a single forum so to maximise our time, I will focus on addressing Nigeria's infrastructure challenge which undoubtedly holds the key to de