‘Youth Unemployment, Drug Abuse Threatening Nigeria’s Future’

A member of the Bauchi College of Arts and Science (BACAS) Old Students Association, Mr. Daniel Musa Mohammed, has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb due to rising youth unemployment, drug abuse and idleness, particularly in the North-East region.
Mohammed in a lecture at the BACAS Grand Convention and Golden Jubilee Celebration on Saturday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, said the growing population of unemployed and disengaged youths, coupled with poverty and limited access to education, could worsen social problems if urgent measures were not taken.
Reflecting on his experience as a former student of BACAS, Mohammed described the institution as a ...