stagger:

I think you and others voicing the same opinion as you are, should have their heads examined.

A man has opted to drop the number of unemployed youths by giving them gainful employment. Yet some of you who have never paid a kobo to anyone as salary in your lives are talking babash.

What defines the kind of job a graduate should have in today's economy where a country like Spain whose banks can afford to loan Real Madrid money to buy Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka have seen unemployment rise to 25%?

There is dignity in labour, not in staying idle and I can tell you that there are many people who will take up that offer.

How much do banks pay HND holders? N15,000 the last I checked. I am very sure that a truck driver with Dangote will earn MUCH MORE than this. And there will be opportunities to get exposed to the intricacies of the haulage part of the cement business, which will come in very handy if that same individual will be able to buy a truck to start haulage biz later in life.

People should wake up and be realistic. I have met graduates who are bus conductors. I know a bus driver in PH who has only one leg, and rather than go begging like many people in his position, he has taken it upon himself to make himself useful to himself and his family.

You are all witnesses to the unbelievable Kleptomania going on in GEJ's regime. I know many government agencies where people siphon off millions of Naira in out of pocket expenses. Go to a typical government agency in Abuja and see how much is spent on purchase of rice during Christmas season.

Many of you commenting need to come and live and work in Abuja so you are exposed and see for yourself how money is stolen in this country on a daily basis. Some of you do not even know the story behind employment of coaches in NFF. Many of you do not even know how much contractors for some of these programs run by the Presidency collect. You probably do not even know how much money is spent on provision of snacks for meetings in government agencies.

This is money that can be used to provide employment for Nigerian youths. Now someone has taken it upon himself to provide employment for graduates. Some of these graduates you even defend cannot even write a sentence in correct English. I interview many of them in my business weekly.

You guys need to wake up. I for one do not like Dangote's monopolistic way of doing business, but I will salute him on this one.

osajojo: I have applied. I can't wait to get this job. Imagine been paid for driving

ayox2003:

Because they are two different cities. I'm presently in London for the Olympics and I will gladly drive a truck. Not in Nigeria! Never! Risking my life on those dungeons u call roads? In the middle of the night? Never!

Job seekers, if u wanna raise funds for ur business ideas, u can take it. But if not, this is not a job u should risk ur lives doing. Instead, move from house to house and tell people u can be a home teacher for their kids. This is summer! Before u know it, u'd be making more money than u think. You might be lucky enough to get a job through the parents of those kids.



Frawzey.

Fhemmmy: I am sure if SHELL organized a job fair for truck drivers, even the master degree holder will stand in the sun for days . . .

GboyegaD:

I saw the advert on a friend's wall on FB and I felt it was a joke however, since this is true, it only tells how gullible he is. It is just unfortunate the unemployment situation in Nigeria over the years has gotten worse and people just have to do whatever job they can find.

poj: It would ve been a bit better if were to be anoda kind of driver, even molue. TRUCK driver! Haba those applauding this, can u sincerely encourage your sibling to take up such? May be u thnk it is ordinary pple dt drives truck, u ve to be MAD to drive a truck. U wil sleep on d road, bush, travel at odd hours just to mention few. Prospective applicants gudluck in advance.

poj: It would ve been a bit better if were to be anoda kind of driver, even molue. TRUCK driver! Haba those applauding this, can u sincerely encourage your sibling to take up such? May be u thnk it is ordinary pple dt drives truck, u ve to be MAD to drive a truck. U wil sleep on d road, bush, travel at odd hours just to mention few. Prospective applicants gudluck in advance.

poj: It would ve been a bit better if were to be anoda kind of driver, even molue. TRUCK driver! Haba those applauding this, can u sincerely encourage your sibling to take up such? May be u thnk it is ordinary pple dt drives truck, u ve to be MAD to drive a truck. U wil sleep on d road, bush, travel at odd hours just to mention few. Prospective applicants gudluck in advance.

Agiliti: All these people who are talking are the same people who would go to yanki with bachelors (even phds) and gladly take job as security men and taxi drivers. dem full for ny/dc/houston

with an unemployment rate of around 24% what do you expect graduates to do?
if dem enter politics, una go talk say dem corupt
if them enter yahoo una go talk say dem dey spoil naija name,
if them enter kidnap una go talk say no be honest job
if dem enter church business, una go talk say dem be fake prophets
if dem enter music business, una no go buy their cd
if them enter armed robbery una go dey cry
if them join boko haram una go dey fear

you can hate the man because he's being monopolistic, but don't hate him because he's trying to provide honest job for people. he's a private entity and not government.

Agiliti: All these people who are talking are the same people who would go to yanki with bachelors (even phds) and gladly take job as security men and taxi drivers. dem full for ny/dc/houston

with an unemployment rate of around 24% what do you expect graduates to do?
if dem enter politics, una go talk say dem corupt
if them enter yahoo una go talk say dem dey spoil naija name,
if them enter kidnap una go talk say no be honest job
if dem enter church business, una go talk say dem be fake prophets
if dem enter music business, una no go buy their cd
if them enter armed robbery una go dey cry
if them join boko haram una go dey fear

you can hate the man because he's being monopolistic, but don't hate him because he's trying to provide honest job for people. he's a private entity and not government.

noleen: If graduates in Nigeria are employ as truck drivers that means there is no job for school drop out or SSCE holders. pls were are we heading to in Nigeria. There is no need to go to school in Nigeria because is a waste of time and at the end one will be a truck driver. Nigeria for us oh.. let everybody go into politices so that everybody will be sentors, governors, president etc. and see were the will get guaduates to even employ as truck drivers. Is a shame for nigeria the giant of Africa employing their graduates as truck drivers.

kommy: Can babes apply to please?

ARES:

Fhemmmy dont mind the kids on this forum.... most of them are undergrads who think that once the leave school all the oil firms will come knocking. do the even know that in foreign countries, graduate engineers do not go to rig except for inspection or special maintenance purposes

ayox2003:

Because they are two different cities. I'm presently in London for the Olympics and I will gladly drive a truck. Not in Nigeria! Never! Risking my life on those dungeons u call roads? In the middle of the night? Never!

Job seekers, if u wanna raise funds for ur business ideas, u can take it. But if not, this is not a job u should risk ur lives doing. Instead, move from house to house and tell people u can be a home teacher for their kids. This is summer! Before u know it, u'd be making more money than u think. You might be lucky enough to get a job through the parents of those kids.



Frawzey.

bloggz: dey dia, over 500,000 graduates av applied....e be like say u no hear say NO JAB IN 9JA

mekasonuk: He does not need to make the job specific for Bsc/HND holders because it is a non-skilled job and as such implies demeaning the status of our educational system. All he needs to do is to advertise the job; if a graduate or even a Phd holder now picks interest in the job, no problem with that. It is now a question of the individual's choice. I still blame the government for allowing Dangote to be running a monopoly biz in the country.

n0m0705: Talking about preference, being a graduate has nothing to do with truck driving. I won't blame anyone that applied cos of the obvious state of the country, I just fault the required qualification.

mekasonuk: He does not need to make the job specific for Bsc/HND holders because it is a non-skilled job and as such implies demeaning the status of our educational system. All he needs to do is to advertise the job; if a graduate or even a Phd holder now picks interest in the job, no problem with that. It is now a question of the individual's choice. I still blame the government for allowing Dangote to be running a monopoly biz in the country.