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Tope Shola Akinyetun, Researcher, Lagos State University of Education

Nigerian elections: Eight issues young people want the new government to address

Young people in Nigeria seek freedom from repression and other governance failures. Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeolai/NurPhoto, Getty Images

As Nigeria prepares for the 25 February presidential elections, it’s interesting to consider what young Nigerians are expecting.

There are plenty of them: 52.2 million people aged 18-35. That’s about 28% of Nigeria’s total population and more than the entire populations of Ghana and Benin Republic put together. In spite of the prospects that this number holds, young people in Nigeria are largely marginalised from governance.

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