It’s the Electricity, Stupid. Why 68 Million Nigerian Youths Have No Jobs Sixty eight million is a large number. If you are a Nigerian, you probably know someone between the ages of 15-34 looking for a job. A large number of these youths have college degrees, many graduated two, three or four years ago. They are your children, cousins, nephews, nieces, and they all have one thing in common. No Jobs. I have gone on record to say one of the major problems with Nigeria is one of strategy and execution, not creativity. We envision big things. We have lofty ideas. Yet there seems to be a breakdown between what we want to have and what we are willing to organize ourselves in order to obtain. The last 30 years are proof positive that there is no way for Nigeria to manifest the brilliance, productivity and economic influence she absolutely can have without first directing consistent efforts and allocating resources toward building a power infrastructure that will support this new and improved Nigeria. Electricity should be our highest priority. Not putting this first is akin to building a house from the roof down. Why? Two reasons. Reason #1 – Nigeria is an economic powerhouse waiting to happen. The country is on the verge of a several economic revolutions, including agricultural, technological, telecommunications and more. But we may stay on the verge if we don’t get this power thing straightened out. Without adequate power, the revolution simply isn’t coming. If we are ever going to enhance Nigeria’s economic strength, we must focus our attention on ensuring that each state has 24-hour electricity for every day of the week. Reason #2 – Lagos State recently stated that it has graduated 30,000 skilled members of the workforce ranging in professions from fabrication and refrigeration to computing and barbing to name a few. How can these graduates possibly expect to achieve gainful employment or build businesses to create new jobs without access to adequate electricity? Further, why would we expect them to stay in Nigeria to build the country if their skills have outpaced our way of life? Too many of our best and brightest talents and future leaders end up making the choice to leave Nigeria, not because they want to, but because in order to reach their goals, they must. - Amazingtoyin
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:40:05 +0000
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