The paper gives an overview on repositioning the English language education for sustainable youth empowerment, unity and national development in Nigeria. The work is a literature based paper. It addresses the needs for the repositioning of the English language education in Nigeria. Language in general is the only sustainable weapon that can bind a multilingual nation like Nigeria together. However, the English language occupies a very significant role in the formation of national values and integration of the Nigerian nation especially in the sustainability of youths. The aims and objectives of this study is to re-examine the structure and content of the English language education in Nigeria. This in another language means repositioning of the English language education in Nigeria. The writers maintain that the repositioning is for sustainability of Nigeria youths empowerment, unity and national development. This is because, it enables Nigerian youths acquire the life skills which simply mans critical thinking and problem solving needed to understand the impacts of their activities on the environment they found themselves. The writers highlight some concepts in the paper starting with the concept of repositioning of the English language education in Nigeria for sustainable development. Education, youth and sustainability. English language as a tool for sustainability of youth empowerment, unity and national development. The researchers also introduced or used two suitable theories such as “theory of transformative learning and a whole school approach theory to highlight the work more. Popular empirical studies related to the topic were expressed. Conclusion and recommendation was finally made by the writers on how and the needs for repositioning of the English language education for sustainable youth empowerment, unity and national development in Nigeria.