Col. Enibukun Oyewole (Rtd), the Commandant, Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES), has disclosed that Master’s degree holders and Law graduates are among those employed by the scheme as cleaners.
Oyewole, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo, said that the scheme placed much emphasis on the dignity of labour.

NAN recalls that Gov. Rauf Aregbesola had on March 5, inaugurated 20,000 youths as volunteers into the scheme in Ede, near Osogbo.

He said then that idea of the scheme was not just employment, but the need for attitudinal change for youths to embrace the virtues of hard work, humility and discipline.

Oyewole said that although the scheme was designed to provide menial jobs to reduce the rate of unemployment, all categories of graduates applied for the job.

He explained that the scheme had provisions for other areas as greening, traffic control, paramedics, maintenance and rebuilding of infrastructure but it laid emphasis on environmental sanitation for now.

The commandant said that among those the scheme engaged to sweep streets and drain gutters were first and second degree holders including graduates of Statistics and Law.

According to him, the fact that many of the volunteers are well educated has contributed immensely to the success of the programme.

ZnO:

No be Osun again? What did you expect?

afam4eva:

That's actually what they deserve. Since they don't their worth. That's if they have any.

afam4eva:

It's neither fate or the situation of the country.It's their worth.

ekt_bear:

The same sort of thing happens in north america though too. People will go to college and end up getting work as administrative assistants or secretaries.

While this is a better paying job and more prestigious than working as a cleaner, neither requires a college degree or even community college.

I think we need to focus more in Nigeria on teaching people trades. Too much focus on college is a bad idea, I think

Dis Guy:

happens everywhere in the world!

just that in nigeria everyone including a history/sociology graduate wants to earn N100k like the bank tellers and customer service workers

Dis Guy:

kidnapping and a bit of militancy  

Better than sitting at home, cursing your Cabbie brother in New York!

afam4eva:

It's neither fate or the situation of the country.It's their worth.

afam4eva:

That's actually what they deserve. Since they don't their worth. That's if they have any.

~Bluetooth:

Are you saying it would be worth it if they had ended up as spare part dealers or kidnappers ? You sound as if graduates in iboland are gainfully employed .nawao

ekt_bear:

What sort of soft skills do you have in mind?

afam4eva:

Bluetooth, why are u taking this thing tribal. Anyways it's better to be a spare parts millonaire than to be a cleaner. It's a very demeaning job. If these guys can't find a good job they should be  employers of labour. Except they didn't learn anything in school. I'm sorry for our half baked graduates.

afam4eva:

Bluetooth, why are u taking this thing tribal. Anyways it's better to be a spare parts millonaire than to be a cleaner. It's a very demeaning job. If these guys can't find a good job they should be  employers of labour. Except they didn't learn anything in school. I'm sorry for our half baked graduates.