Episode #1 – Nigeria 60 Years Later: The Youth And The Promise Of Tomorrow
You carry the weight of a generation on your shoulders, so make it count – what you want to do is not to gain self-accolades, but to be an example for other young people.
The quote above is a poignant message that resonated during my interview with Akintunde Oyebode (Akin), the current Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development in Ekiti State, who happens to also be my one-time line manager during my early career in Banking, a mentor and a passionate youth advocate
Nigeria celebrated its 60th-year post-independence on October 1 and ironically, its average population age is 18.2 years. This is reportedly the trend across the African continent, where a substantial number of countries are between 43 to 60 years old post-independence, with an average population age of 19.