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The situation has got to a very tense and worrisome peak, and unless something is done, and as a matter of urgency, to arrest the utterly frightening trend, Nigeria may well be heading to a state of anomie comprising mostly a population of highly ungovernable youths. The proliferation of dangerous cult groups, and their continuous spread like wild bushfire is something that should now constitute a major concern to all well meaning citizens.

Trouble started when education became highly politicized and politicians resorted to promising the electorate free education without the zeal to invest massively in the sector in line with the promise made. The resultant effect is that most schools are without adequate learning and teaching facilities. Free books given to students at the commencement of the free education policy have since stopped and most learners now go to school without textbooks.

Teachers on their own part do whatever they can to justify their salary while the public is continually fed with propaganda and rhetoric by successive governments. Unable to cope with an unconducive environment that most public schools have become, many learners drop out unceremoniously and go into the streets. Those who pass out but fail to gain admission to higher institutions as early as they desire also join the streets.

Viewed from another perspective, the number of police officers posted to each state of the federation has even proved most inadequate leading to incessant clamour in different quarters for state police. It is difficult to understand therefore how so many vacancies would exist within a nation’s security system and a large number of young people would be roaming the streets in search of employment.

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