dplordx: So much for BSC and BA. Atleast, soon, they would need a PhD for a gateman. Sad.

Sad? Job has been created if you like apply. Everyone started from somewhere. GEJ had no shoe but know he has matching shoes

This is so cool.

Imagine an Illiterate like Dangote employing Graduates as Drivers, orishirishi, Money miss road!

Na wa o,graduate dey drive trailer now,see levels,i dey hail o

Many graduates in the U.S. wait on tables in restaurants, do menial jobs, work in retail until something opens up on a higher level, or until they save enough capital to start their own business. Same with Chinese grads. Unemployed graduates in the U.K. sit on their arses and do nothing because of the class/caste mental system.

Don't be ashamed to take a humble position in an dynamic organization and grow your skills. Drivers need managers, managers need dispatchers and logistic personnel. Fleet service need parts inventory managers.

Afro_Blue: Many graduates in the U.S. wait on tables in restaurants, do menial jobs, work in retail until something opens up on a higher level, or until they save enough capital to start their own business. Same with Chinese grads. Unemployed graduates in the U.K. sit on their arses and do nothing because of the class/caste mental system.

. . . and we were colonized by the UK.
So no surprise Nigerian graduates don't want to sweat for a decent paycheck.

CHESSBOARD: Imagine an Illiterate like Dangote employing Graduates as Drivers, orishirishi, Money miss road!

Dey there. *yimu

AjanleKoko:

. . . and we were colonized by the UK.
So no surprise Nigerian graduates don't want to sweat for a decent paycheck.

The U.S. is still the Queen Mum's colony(secretly) also.

And they would all apply after complaining in public *smh*

Lord help us. Insult to certificates. But on the other hand we don't have any choice. Rather than sit at home doing nothing better apply.

Commercial driver are paid good at least here, so please if you have the necessary requirements, please apply.

the idea is not dat bad.some pple will make the best out of it. they may pay up to 120k for a start.

CHESSBOARD: Imagine an Illiterate like Dangote employing Graduates as Drivers, orishirishi, Money miss road!

Money is meant for graduates alone? No sleep for bike o!

Is it real ? Am totally confused

wud av love 2 apply,bt unfortunately i cant drive. bt seriously its beta dan notin.

yuzedo:

You went to school for how many years, GRADUATED, and you speak like this?!! This offer is too generous for you. You deserve to be a Clown at children's parties (Barney, Tellytubbies, etc)

@OP: Not only is this a fantastic initiative, i believe it will benefit the unemployed more than it would Dangote because nothing stops him from continuing to recruit illiterates. We need educated and rational people taking up these kind of jobs for obvious reasons. For one, Salary will be at least over N80,000 monthly. There will be better road safety awareness, and it is a skill in high demand in Europe and America, thus if you find yourself abroad you won't be redundant and end up flippin' burgers in McDonalds.

I've always said that there are jobs in Nigeria for people who want to work. Unemployment is an illusion for the lazy. Everyone wants to work in Oil Company and Bank to feed their egos, even if they have no future/career progression potentials.

guy,use ur head and n
ot your tummy,this is absolutely barbaric, what future does a truck driver have. How can he be able to think and forge ahead his life and career when on another mans wheel and all he is thinking his how he is goin to make it in delivering goods to the boko haram states. Dangote should invite less graduates students or even illeterates for this kind of job and provide an entrepreneural organisation and leadership unit for graduates where graduates can learn, develop themselves,and obtain loan to start any business that is able to standardize the staggering economy of our beloved country...sooner than later he might call for your professors that taught you in school to come and take up cleaning job in his company...so barbaric

CHESSBOARD]Imagine an Illiterate like Dangote employing Graduates as Drivers, orishirishi, Money miss road!

dangote is more educated than u are. check his profile

Nigerians have sunk really low. Shame on dangote for this insult. Imagine? A graduate driver. Maybe that is what he thinks nigerian graduates are worth today. You guys should keep laughing. When the international companies and even jobs around the world start doing the same, na then una eye go clear. Make una dey support such.

I have been looking for an avenue to apply as an executive driver but thank God for Dangote driving academy. Driving's one of those things i love doing. Dangote ought to be praised coz he's better than ÒTÉDIOLE.NITT,Zaria's also a nice place to be. I'm off to the cafe so as to apply.

Must the training be done in boko haram base nonesense aliko i need your wife to massage me

However u look at it,it doesn't make sense is all because of the bas system we are running a gradute and becoming a driver too bad

Debeloved87:
guy,use ur head and n
ot your tummy,this is absolutely barbaric, what future does a truck driver have. How can he be able to think and forge ahead his life and career when on another mans wheel and all he is thinking his how he is goin to make it in delivering goods to the boko haram states. Dangote should invite less graduates students or even illeterates for this kind of job and provide an entrepreneural organisation and leadership unit for graduates where graduates can learn, develop themselves,and obtain loan to start any business that is able to standardize the staggering economy of our beloved country...sooner than later he might call for your professors that taught you in school to come and take up cleaning job in his company...so barbaric

I feel you. Nigeria is a place where anything goes. Like you said why can't he employ less qualified persons and train them to become professional drivers. Tell me how can a graduate driver develop his career. If you get that job I guarantee you are hooked. The salary will never be enough for you to save and start off a small business and you will regrate it after ten years on this job you cannot move on. My people think, do'nt ever APPLY for this job. Nigeria is a third world country and can never be compared with the developed countries. Whether you like it or not you will meet other truck drivers(uneducated) and you will cry for the better part of your career life.

i know a guy who rides heavy duty trucks for a cement company and is earning 120,000 naira per month,its better to be a graduate driver earning that much than being a jobless graduate

We should do not discourage people here, if you dont like the Job that is fine, but there is certainly nothing wrong about driving trucks. Nigerian PHd holders are in UK and US doing menial jobs all in the name of being abroad.

As far as I am concerned, this is another addition to our GDP. For those of us who had ventured into Haulage business we know the challenges of using illiterates as drivers. They cause accidents, divert your products and are generally unruly. Therefore it is highly necessary to have crop of educated drivers.

searay: So with my B.Agric, i go apply? Na lie. Instead, I go join politics or MEND/BH equivalent

he should have offered for more decent position. Such as bsc truck supervisors, bsc truck tracking officers etc.

ebamma: i know a guy who rides heavy duty trucks for a cement company and is earning 120,000 naira per month,its better to be a graduate driver earning that much than being a jobless graduate

Am laughing out loud. You must be a very young person, but this is the best time to plan your future. You can never grow on this job, if you like go ahead because of N120,000 now then after four years you want a change of job and you will not be able to present a CV with work experience to get a better offer somewhere else. Monkey come chop banana

Some are very funny sha, Graduate driver what about a Marketer { Graduate some with a masters Degree) who will drive to deliver Goods to various place.

If am in the shoes of these Graduate of today i will grab it sharp sharp. You guys dont understand what is going on out there because you are still been fed by your family.

The only thing which i know he will never do is pay them peanuts.

Stop fuming and face reality of situation in Nigeria unless you want these so Graduate you are discouraging to take to crime.

basher: You guys are having a laugh!! Of course you know where to stick your Mickey mouse "degrees" which, 9 times out of 10, you have to come abroad to get a masters degree from a second rate uni to support it with before you can land a really decent job. In that case you better apply for the HGV training with Dangote, because if it’s done to international standards, it will be a transferable skill that you can use to hustle part-time when you come to do your masters degree abroad. HGV drivers in UK get around £1000 a week or more.

I believe Dangote has good intentions (if such a programme actually exists) because he's under no obligation to spend all that money training drivers when he can get drivers cheaply off the street; it certainly will be an industry-changing game-raiser. So, instead of sitting down & waiting for that "oyel" job that may never materialize, you are better off going into the HGV training programme at least to see how a proper transport company is run. Who knows, it might be you advertising for HGV drivers in the future.

true wordz

yuzedo:

You went to school for how many years, GRADUATED, and you speak like this?!! This offer is too generous for you. You deserve to be a Clown at children's parties (Barney, Tellytubbies, etc)

@OP: Not only is this a fantastic initiative, i believe it will benefit the unemployed more than it would Dangote because nothing stops him from continuing to recruit illiterates. We need educated and rational people taking up these kind of jobs for obvious reasons. For one, Salary will be at least over N80,000 monthly. There will be better road safety awareness, and it is a skill in high demand in Europe and America, thus if you find yourself abroad you won't be redundant and end up flippin' burgers in McDonalds.

I've always said that there are jobs in Nigeria for people who want to work. Unemployment is an illusion for the lazy. Everyone wants to work in Oil Company and Bank to feed their egos, even if they have no future/career progression potentials.

wetin the guy do u na

Debeloved87: This is incredibly insane, did i studied in the university for a good number of years just to become a truck driver, dangote must be having a brain tumour to look down on graduates like this, this vacancy for graduate its a complete shame and embarrassment to the Nigeria educational system..Dangote should be jailed for this..and however let him, his wife and children go for their stupid training and drive their on truck on the deathtrap nigerian roads..mteew

well,I don't see anything wrong in it, instead I think it's a thing of the mind; there's dignity in labour there are graduates who go to wash plates outside nigeria and there are graduates in nigeria who are taxi drivers[without insurance & benefits]being a gradute does not make you a professional.there are some jobs that your university certificate is not important, what is important is your certification [professional certificates]and experience about the job.that also could be a stepping stone to the opening of other doors even in Dangote industries.

What happens to those that didnt go to school.? The fear of nigeria roads is enough to scare me away. More concered about long term issues. Best of luck to those applyin.
How much does a menial job in nigeria get u and a uk job, nt d same. Abeg dont compare. Take a look at both minimum wage and value of currency.

Debeloved87: This is incredibly insane, did i studied in the university for a good number of years just to become a truck driver, dangote must be having a brain tumour to look down on graduates like this, this vacancy for graduate its a complete shame and embarrassment to the Nigeria educational system..Dangote should be jailed for this..and however let him, his wife and children go for their stupid training and drive their on truck on the deathtrap nigerian roads..mteew

Are you, or government providing any job? Abeg give the man credit joor!