NIGERIAN youths, especially those graduating from institutions of higher learning, do not need to be warned or reminded that the days of automatic white-collar employment opportunities are gone.
The Acting Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Christy Uba, reiterated this reality at the swearing-in of Batch “C” Stream II Corps members throughout the country. Even President Muhammadu Buhari has repeatedly warned of the dearth of jobs in the civil service at all levels. This trend is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is a worldwide trend.
Anyone still enrolling in the university or any other tertiary institution for the purpose of landing an office job upon graduation is not being properly guided or advised. Without a doubt, university education remains vital because it is ostensibly a means of acquiring knowledge and certification that instils confidence and a solid foundation in youth. But a degree is now a starting point, not a…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
