HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A MIRAGE BY YOUTH ALIENATION

Akeem Olalekan Ayub, Taofeek James Fadeyi,
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Alienation is increasingly causing challenges in many parts of the world including in Nigeria where it has grown to be one of the most serious social issues bedevilling the lives of a few Nigerian youths, causing frustration and dejection, and dependency on family members and friends, who also have their own issues to take care of. Comprehensive published literature was undertaken by the author to identify journal articles and books dealing with alienation, youth and human development to establish a relationship between youth alienation and development. Findings affirmed that youth alienation has manifested itself through youth involvement in violence, terrorism, homicide, banditry, jungle justice and demonstrations/protests. It was also discovered that youth alienation has been triggered by structural challenges such as unemployment, poverty/hunger, corruption, poor political representation, among others. The consequences of youth alienation are pretty high for both individual Nigerians and the nation. While youth alienation stunts individual personal development and interferes with their potential, it affects society through numerous illicit activities engaged in by the youth which tend to slow the tempo of development and divert the attention of government from real businesses. This paper concludes that youth alienation is a menace in Nigeria that constitutes an actual threat and a danger to social, economic and political development. It is recommended that youth empowerment, extended political participation, favourable policies, among others, should be promoted by governments and private individuals to facilitate inclusion and human development.
尼日利亚的人类发展:青年异化的海市蜃楼
在世界许多地方,疏离正日益带来挑战,包括在尼日利亚,它已成为困扰一些尼日利亚年轻人生活的最严重的社会问题之一,造成沮丧和沮丧,并依赖家庭成员和朋友,他们也有自己的问题需要照顾。作者进行了全面的出版文献,以确定涉及异化,青年和人类发展的期刊文章和书籍,以建立青年异化与发展之间的关系。调查结果确认,青年的异化表现为青年参与暴力、恐怖主义、杀人、盗匪、丛林司法和示威/抗议。报告还发现,失业、贫穷/饥饿、腐败、政治代表性差等结构性挑战引发了青年异化。青年疏离的后果对尼日利亚个人和国家来说都是相当高的。青年疏离阻碍了个人的发展,干扰了他们的潜力,它还通过青年从事的许多非法活动影响社会,这些活动往往会减缓发展的速度,转移政府对实际业务的注意力。本文的结论是,在尼日利亚,青年异化是一种威胁,对社会、经济和政治发展构成了实际威胁和危险。建议各国政府和个人应促进青年赋权、扩大政治参与、有利政策等,以促进包容和人类发展。
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