Nigeria, April 15 -- Vice President Kashim Shettima has called for a new national framework for youth leadership development, warning that Nigeria's status as one of the youngest countries in the world could become insignificant without deliberate planning and investment.

Mr Shettima spoke in Abuja on Monday at the 2026 Abuja Dialogue, convened by the Office of the Vice President and Lagos State's Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy, under the theme, "Scaling Excellence: Youth Leadership as Strategic Infrastructure for National Transformation."

He noted that Nigeria is one of the youngest nations in the world and said this should not be reduced to a talking point for conferences or a statistic for brochures

"It is a national condition wi...