N5,000 for Unemployed Youths Monthly; I Don't Get it

I heard there was a mild drama at the national assembly recently when a senator from the opposition party moved a motion that the presidency should as a matter of urgency fulfill the promise his party made during the election campaigns which brought him into the seat of power, that they will pay N5,000 monthly to unemployed Nigerian youths; a motion quickly countered by the senators of the ruling party who are the majority in the house. Reading the story of how it all went down in the house got me thinking and worried. I wondered if the senator who raised the motion did so with genuine interest for the unemployed Nigerian youths, or was it just one of their politicking strategy to put some pressure on the ruling party, the kind of pressure that will win the heart of the majority of the general populace, since they are the one mostly affected by the unemployment menace in the country.

What Becomes of Jobs for Graduate?

Jobs in Nigeria could be as scarce as fuel has been (or even more) these past few days. Many of our youth upon graduation, still spend so many years in search of a job. The governments over the years and through various past administrations have promised to provide jobs for the people and it’s been story upon story all the way. The rate of joblessness in the land is evident in the level of crime and restiveness being experienced on a day-to-day basis; when one stays jobless for a long time, he could easily be swayed into crime and other societal ills (abi? An idle mind is the devils workshop).

GIS: Job for Unemployed Graduates

Our higher institutions produce numerous graduates repeatedly every year. With high hopes and great expectations they are sent off into the labour market (or is it favour market?), to find a job. At this point, reality begins to dawn on (most of) them. They go to all kinds of places and do all kinds of things to try and secure a job. They now start understanding why Chike, Miriam and Bayo have been at home, two years now since they graduated. Confusion and frustration sets in, and the hopes continually thins out.