THE NIGERIAN YOUTH, THE FUTURE (TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT)



One of the biggest achievements of President’s Buhari’s government is to the stop the bleeding of the nation’s resources. The previous regime made a few people midnight millionaires and billionaires. For any country to progress there is a need for everyone to see rewards in hardwork and not thiefwork. 

The present administration has embarked on a lot of agricultural projects which the sole aim of boosting our local production of food products and also create employment opportunities. This is a noble idea but let us call a spade a spade, the Nigerian youth is what I call the elitist youth – they are mostly not interested in agricultural work. Rather than focus on trying to get them engaged in farms, we have to find other ways of getting them gainfully employed and effective for the nation’s growth. The future simply for the Nigerian youth is technology and entertainment. The government should not worry about those that would do the farm work, just like what is happening in the USA, Canada and other western countries, the migrants would take up those farm roles.

As we approach the 2019’s  election fun fare, whoever turns out to be the president should have it at the back of his/her mind that the youths needs to be engaged. The average Nigerian youth is internet savvy and entertainment savvy. Their energies should be channeled into areas in which they already have interest and would be passionate about.

We need to embark on technology parks, a few private technology parks have sprung up in the Yaba axis of Lagos, but there is a need for major technology parks funded and aided by the government. These parks would train and provide office spaces, with the sole aim of grooming professionals ready for the international market. Most global companies around the world are looking for ways of cutting down cost. Outsourcing is the key to major companies now, and the reason why Nigeria is not part of the outsourcing market is two major things:  Lack of qualified tech savvy employees, and the other lack of infrastructure.

On the entertainment front, Nigerian music is now a force to reckon with in the international
music industry. This industry has majorly grown organically by the private enterprise of
hardworking individuals. But there is still a lot of room for growth and get people employed.
Apart from musicians who sing, there is a growing demand for sound engineers, acoustic
Engineers, animators, production engineers, beat creators, stage directors and many more.
I stand to be corrected but there is really no formal education for some of these job roles in the
educational sector – even if it exists, we need to set up training camps tailored towards on the
job training. Setting up entertainment parks, where you provide training for people who want
to delve into these areas of work would get the youths gainfully employed.

In conclusion, the Nigerian youth are all over social media (Facebook, Instagram, twitter, WhatsApp) - which shows they are already interested in technology. In addition, they are releasing countless music albums daily at an alarming rate. If the government embarks on a major technology and entertainment drive, we can get most of these youths gainfully employed and doing fruitful tasks for the Nigerian and global economy.

Donadoni

Maryland USA

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