HABIBU IDRIS GIMBA
U15MM2018
Youth is one of the greatest assets that any nation can have; they are usually embedded with untainted energy, robust ideas and virile potentials for charting a new path of social production. According to Anasi (2010) observes that the youth are the foundation of a society and thus their strategic value makes them very critical in nation-building and leadership recruitment. Their energies invectiveness, character and orientation define the pace of development and security of the nation. Though their creative talents and labour power, a nation makes giants strides in economic development and social-political attainment. in their dream and hopes a nation founds her motivation; on their energies, she builds her vitality and purpose. And because of their dreams and aspirations, the future of a nation is assured. Similarly Chukuezi (2009) observes that youth can constitute a reservoir of energy and dynamism for any national struggle or campaign if they are correctly guided, mobilized and fully integrated in to the social fabrics of the nation. It is obvious, youth may also constitute a threat to national survival and stability if they are allowed to be drift, unemployed, indiscipline morally bankrupt and engage in restive activities. Different varieties of scholars such Samuel (2010), Agba (2011), Haroon and Jumbo(2011) have asserts that youth restiveness especially political thuggery over the years has been used to create and foster a climate of intimidation, uprising and violence in Nigeria especially in Northern part of the country, where selfish politicians are in the habit of recruiting and manipulation unemployed youths most of whom come from less privileged families as their fighting political dogs, used against opponents or anybody whom their pay masters perceived as obstacle to realizing their selfish interest. Democracy The concept of democracy has been defined differently by different scholars depending on the circumstances and interest of their research. Accordingly democracy here emphasizes political freedom and procedures, including 'Government by the People' political rights and elections or civil liberties. It entails 'civilian politics' that provide substantive values such as peace, social and economic development, or equality and justice in every political community even within the scope of this paper. The meaning and nature of democracy is subjected to its application in different environments. In discussing the nature of Nigeria democracy. According to Professor Jega (2007) ''the dominant model, historically and con temporarily, in term of the number of the countries who have used or using it, it is Liberal democracy. it is predicated on the following principle: individual freedom; equality before the law; universal suffrage(voting right); election and representation'' additional features include popular sovereignty; popular representation; majority government; guarantee of freedom{basic}; consensus and accommodation; peaceful resolution of disputes; free market and enterprise. Liberal democracy is also variously referred to as bourgeois democracy and elite democracy. However this definition limits the scope of democratic experience to the central level of governance by excluding other important role in a federal system of government like Nigeria. Election Election has been variously defined to mean different thing to different people. it is a process of choosing a new leader for a country where all eligible people cast a ballot paper to choose a leader or decide an issue. The majority rule and the new leader is the one who has the most votes. it is also defined as a formal process by which voters make their political choice on the public issue or candidate for public office.
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