Abstract: Youths globally
occupies a very important strategic position in the society. The youths are in
the most productive age cycle and are found top most in population in the
developing economies. and hence the
youth play a key role in the development of any nation. In all the stages of
human development, the adolescent through late adulthood stage and its
associated features are very critical in character formation. The adolescent
stage is a transitional stage of physical, psychological and mental
developments that have strong impact on character development and making of
human personality. If it is gotten right at this level, a promising youth with
positive potentials that will imbibe and appreciate the beauty of peace comes
to fore and if moral uprightness is not instilled at early and late adulthood,
a great gap that will undermine development is created. The youths in the
northern region has been embattled with chains of challenges that require a
systematic change as part of the solution to the lingering impediments of
insecurity for sustainable development and stability. Several policies by
national and sub-national Governments have been pronounced, most of which ended
at the level of mere declaration, while few others were partially implemented
with limited impact. The 21st century had been characterized by
vaults of compounded cases of insecurity in northern Nigeria. In view of the
foregoing; this paper is set to unravel youth’s restiveness, their distinct
challenges and alternative strategies for systematic transformation of the
youths for sustainable peace and security in northern Nigeria. The research
adopted a multi-disciplinary approach, the use of qualitative data through
structured oral interviews and use of documented primary and secondary sources
to support its findings.
Keywords: Mobilization, Youth, Systematic Change, Sustainable Peace, Security, Development, Northern Nigeria
DOI: 10.36349/zamijoh.2026.v04i02.013
author/Bello, M., Garba, A.D. & Saleh, M.
journal/Zamfara IJOH Vol. 4, Issue 2
