Nigerian graduates who don’t have
contacts with privilege and highly placed government executives are at the
receiving end of unemployment challenge in Nigeria.
Director General of Rochas
Foundation, Ucy Okorocha stated this at a press conference in Abuja, saying
that it was a major challenge that must be addressed by the Federal government.
She said, effort of government
and private entities in providing education must be rolled up in providing jobs
for graduates, insisting that it was those with connection and what they
called, “long-leg”, in the Nigeria parlance that normally secure jobs.
Explaining how it becomes very
harrowing for the children of poorest of the poor to become graduates only to
end up jobless, Miss Okorocha said the Federal government should expand the
economy through productive policies to accommodate them.
“They don’t have the contact to
secure the jobs as is the common practice in our country. It is for this reason
that we kindly call on federal government of Nigeria to consider these
graduates.
She lamented at the recent
disclosure by the Federal Ministry of Education that over “ten million children
have abandoned school for street trading for family survival.
“As you are aware, over 10
million children are out of school in Nigeria primarily due to poverty, instead
of education and its benefits.
“They engage in street trading to
help them and their family for survival. Recently, the Federal ministry of
education had announced this ugly situation which it said was making frantic
effort to address,” Ucy said.
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