Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count?, By Dakuku Peterside

In a piece by Dakuku Peterside, the article reflects on the experience of Nigerians born in 1999, the year civilian rule returned. It notes that such individuals, now twenty-seven, have never lived under a military government. However, it observes that they may have completed school without finding employment, have learned to plan trips around insecurity, and almost certainly rely on generators at home. The piece questions when the years since 1999 will begin to count for Nigerians.

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