The Concept of The Role Of The Youth In Nation Building.

Johnson (2008) stated that youth is one of the greatest assets that any nation can have not only are they legitimately regarded as the future leaders, but they are also, potentially and actually the greatest investment for a country’s development, they serve as a good measure of the extent to which a country can reproduce as well we sustain itself, the extent of their vitality, responsible conduct, and role in society is positively correlated with the development of their country, the issue of Nigeria population is predominantly young.

Furthermore, Johnson said that having given due consideration to the significance of the youth in socio-economic and political development has found it most desirable and necessary to invite this national youth development policy so that there will be a purposeful, focused, well-articulated, and well resourcefulness of the youth and development of the country well into the 21st century.

Chillegbu (2009) view that youths are the foundation of a society, their energy, inventiveness, character, and orientation define the pace of development and the security of the nation through their creative talents and labor power, a nation makes giants strides in economic development and socio-political attainments, in their dreams and hopes, a nation founds her motivation, on their energies, she builds her vitality and purpose. Furthermore, Chillegbu emphasized that because of their dreams and aspirants the future of a nation is assured, he opined that youth constitute Nigeria’s only real hope for a great future, therefore, taken a critical look at the plight of Nigerian youth and caused to be prepared a consensus blueprint for their development consultation were held nation wide with a relevant youth organization, administrators, and nongovernmental organizations through zonal youth summits, their reconciled views term the basis of this draft policy document which you are here to deliberate for final adoption.