keemsleek: I really dnt like putting up any replies or reply on NL becos d
Way pple insult each other bt I will like to ask d op a question
Will dangote leave a slot for his son or daughter to apply to whn
Dey graduate let me ask a question y did he not instead make it vacancy
As truck managers while drivers, hp as a truck driver whether a graduate
Or nt ur life is at stack I do own a truck and I knw wht my driver
Does to stay alive, u think it easy to drive a truck of dat might frm lagos
To jos or kano witout anytin to bak urself up and for those that are
Saying sometin is better then nothing hw is it going to b possible
To change ur job whn 24hrs u on d road whn will u ave access to internet,
Access to information guess on d road driving a truck to me let any
Of dangote family dat has applied for d job come out first den we
Give him kudos

You should have listened to your heart and not posted a comment because your childlike reasoning (not to talk about your ridiculous text-speak) is bound to draw insult.

Are you saying that having a degree precludes you from doing a dangerous night job? What about all those degree holders working daily on those flying coffins we call airlines? Is it because the airline job titles sound prestigious & glamorous? Or maybe Dangote should change the name to "Senior Mobility Facilitator" instead of truck driver?

You asked why he doesn't ask his kids to drive trucks? The same reason why you are not selling pure water in between traffic.

Billyonaire: What is wrong about being a driver if the pay is superb ? Most Red cab drivers in VI are BSc holders and they make a lot of money. Bottom line, money is all you need. I think 21st Nigerians need structural mental adjustment.

not everyone tink like u! Money is nt all i need bro! i need my self respect or i go τ̅o grave without it! Ain't scared of death bra.

Jenams: There r sometins a man shud nt allow in his life cos of his present situation. Bn poor or in lack will nt make ♍ε use my bsc τ̅o drive a truck! it is beta τ̅o die in poverty if our govt shud support dis! wtf!

It is type of reasoning that keeps Africa lagging behind other continents. This our pride & fixation on prestige & titles is killing is. Most of these degrees being studied in Nigeria are worthless or questionable at best. So you'll rather these graduates run around robbing, duping & kidnapping instead of doing a honest job driving a truck?

Its a li2 bit funny seein a graduate applyin 2 b a truck driver bt its jst wt d country hs push pple 2,bt d reality is dt as a graduate u jst hv 2 do smtin 2 survive.funny enof lots of guys wont mind doin d same job in d US or Canada.

basher:

It is type of reasoning that keeps Africa lagging behind other continents. This our pride & fixation on prestige & titles is killing is. Most of these degrees being studied in Nigeria are worthless or questionable at best. So you'll rather these graduates run around robbing, duping & kidnapping instead of doing a honest job driving a truck?

pride or ₪O pride! Africa mentality or not! Show ♍ε wit proof, where in †ЂΞ world degrees r awarded in truck driving! Dnt reason wit Ūя̅ smelly anus bra

As for the people on Dangote's side. I wonder what u guys are still waiting for. Even if u are working, u can still quit the job & apply for the truck driver job instead of advising others to go for sth u cannot do or even recommend for ur brother to do.

@ basher u want to knw y am not selling pure water after I graduated
Frm skool even wit all d pressure to get sometin doing I stuck to
My dream and I got it if I ad listen to dem mayb b I wuld b working
As a road safety officer bt I knew wht I wanted and today I worked in an oil
Company resigned and started my own company and cn I ask u wht do u do
Y dnt u resign and take up d job and with knw disrespect if u ave a
Brother or relative y don't u get on d net and apply for them

kasheemawo: Fellow nairalanders,this man deserves to be applauded for creating job opportunities in our country rather than insulting him.many of these graduate insulting him hav already sent their cvs'.

We have many Nigerian University Graduates driving Taxis in America, even people with Masters Degrees, why not in Nigeria?

kasheemawo: What if he is paying good salary? Mind you he may even use driver to scale down the number of applicant.let me ask you question how many ppl can your father employ?

You are certainly a disgrace to your parents... It would have been better for your brain to be burried in place of your Placenta....Mschewwwww!

In Nigeria, those who have, pray for the worst τ̅o happen τ̅o those who don't. This is very bad.

Wanted;PhD zoology graduate to feed Dangote's dog.
Many people don't Ever think long term. You use skilled labour for an unskilled job,just a matter of time when job dissatisfaction sets in, then u go know say graduate brain for wuruwuru pass illiterate own.

kasheemawo: Fellow nairalanders,this man deserves to be applauded for creating job opportunities in our country rather than insulting him.many of these graduate insulting him hav already sent their cvs'.

very bad that this man is paying its country 4 de monopolistic power de country gave him by making jest of its acedemic giants. Any graduate that applies 4 dat job is hopeless and brainless.

What is wrong in creating jobs 4 d unemployed? Apply if u want to. . . afterall 9ja graduates abroad are employed as cleaners, gatemen etc

Jenams: pride or ₪O pride! Africa mentality or not! Show ♍ε wit proof, where in †ЂΞ world degrees r awarded in truck driving! Dnt reason wit Ūя̅ smelly anus bra

Smelly anus? You must have had your nose very close to my hairy black azz in order to judge if it were smelly or not? What a weird life to live, going around sticking you nose up the azzes of men! Does it turn you on or what?? Yuck!!

You show me where Dangote asked for "degrees in truck driving"? If you can't read and digest a simple write up then what chance do you stand in this life? Ooops, I forgot you were the guy who has made up his mind to die in poverty.

This is an extract from Dangote's website - "The scheme which will revolutionalize the road transport sub-sector of the economy is designed to improve the professionalism in the transport division of Dangote Industries Limited by engaging graduates and other educated Nigerians as drivers after months of training."

I'll give you a couple of days to digest that little extract to see if you understand. Or do you need a week?

keemsleek: @ basher u want to knw y am not selling pure water after I graduated
Frm skool even wit all d pressure to get sometin doing I stuck to
My dream and I got it if I ad listen to dem mayb b I wuld b working
As a road safety officer bt I knew wht I wanted and today I worked in an oil
Company resigned and started my own company and cn I ask u wht do u do
Y dnt u resign and take up d job and with knw disrespect if u ave a
Brother or relative y don't u get on d net and apply for them

Good for you! You do what you have to do because you have to. Other people will do the same (even if it means driving a truck as a degree holder), so leave them to it. Everyman to his own. If my relative has been looking for a job for 5years without any success and he decides to apply to be a truck driver, then good luck to him!!

I do what I have to do where I do it.

This is what happens in other countries, Nigeria always talking but afraid to move forward

some pple no fit make am,walahi pride dey kill.wel am self employed n am k wit wot i earn.dis man no drag anybody ,if u like apply nt by force make u wrk,sit 4 aus,make manner fall 4rm no wer,na lie engage ursef.some jst want wot dey cnt even work,u beta apply if u jobless n stop makin maut dat u b graduate.

kasheemawo: Fellow nairalanders,this man deserves to be applauded for creating job opportunities in our country rather than insulting him.many of these graduate insulting him hav already sent their cvs'.

no mind dos ppl jaawe..if d man lyk mak he employ proffesors as gateman..did dey contribute a dime to the capital of the company?

the educational requirements to run for a gubernatorial election in Nigeria is secondary school certificate. Does Dangote think that driving a truck calls for higher education than running a state in Nigeria?

people don't get it. Dangote has succeeded in ridiculing every Nigerian grown graduate by thinking that the 4 or 5yrs of under graduate work amounts to just enough education to drive a truck.

The truth is that what we lack in Nigeria is not skill or education, but right attitude. unfortunatly, even higher education cannot offer that. let him try, it will dawn on him that formal education isnt required to be a successful truck driver.

for those that are at a loss on why this advert is condemned, his raising the educational qualifications cannot garantee him succeed; getting drivers with the right attitude will. moreover, if a secondary school graduate can run a state, no education is required to be a successful truck driver.

but let me ask us, can we truly say for sure that we can defend which ever certificate we have anytime, any day.

So any job seeker that doesn't take this offer is stuupid, right? Whoever says that is really deluded!

I still maintain that you can only take this offer only if you want to raise funds for ur business idea

If not, you shouldn't even wink at the offer! Driving trucks an unhealthy job in Nigeria!




Frawzey

A graduate will always drive better dan a driver who rose frm ''Agboro'' (Owo da) rank. @ least a graduate wld always read road signs, how wld one Musa, Abdullahi or Abubakah frm one Boko Haram state be able 2 undstnd when a road sign says ''Children Crossing''

I don laff tire from the replies so far.

Yep he didn't steal ur money to make his own business mfire but he steal but he has a heart to try nd provide u wit a job dat ur govnt cnt provide abeg show sm mannersn

HOW MUCH IS HE PAYING

Because Nigerians are foolish

Big Up to Dangote!

Mr.chippychappy:


You are missing the point ! Why should we have ONE dangote when we can have 100 "dangotes"? Dangote suppresses competition and wants to monopolize the industrial sector ! Fair enough he has employed lots of people but if dangote can employ say for example 10,000 people then think about how the rate of unemployment would drastically decrease if we had at least 10 more POWERFUL industrialists like Dangote ?

na tru talk, i feel u

I dont blame Dangote for TWO REASONS:

1.) The man himself is just a "rich illiterate"! he does not know nor appreciate the value of education.
Like it is said, "Any fool can have money".
I dont mind people being rich (like Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey) when they use their brain and do it legitimately but we all know that in Nigeria, being rich is akin to being the Devil himself.

Ask him (Dangote) why each time any of his "blood sucking Trucks" swerves into and kills some people, the drivers simply disappear, according to instructions? Rumor has it that he uses the victims blood/soul for you know what! Again, if we live in a sane society where laws are upheld, the likes of Dangote would rot in prison for charges ranging from price fixing, breach of competition rules, murder/manslaughter, public endangerment, e.t.c.
Is this not the same man that continually makes people homeless by "fixing the price" of Cement?
but hey, this is Nigeria now, anything goes, right?

2.) Well, if not that we have "cursed leaders" in government and policy positions, how can some Eediots not be thanking Dangote for providing jobs for millions of UN-employed Youths?
One of the primary responsibilities of a national Government and a President indeed, is to provide employment opportunities for its citizens. This is one issue that will make or mar the Obama administration, for example.

This does not stop or hinder self-employment and they are not mutually exclusive.
But when Government is so misguided like we have, and the citizens so confused and brain-washed like we are, we live in a state of stupor, wondering endlessly through day-to-day and thanking God that at least we have seen the next day-light!
I guess next, we will thank Dangote for putting up and advert requiring PhD holders to come and apply to be his Mai-Gaurd, afterall, HE IS PROVIDING JOBS FOR MILLIONS OF UN-EMPLOYED YOUTHS!

Dont blame Dangote that much, bl;ame the system that made people like him feed fat on our national wealth, just for his own pockets!

Any "rich thief" can turn the masses into slaves and still be seen a s being benevolent...yes now!

BTW: if all you wanted and dreamt of becoming is a Truck driver and you went to a UNIVERSITY for all these years, then you need to have your head properly examined! [b]
Because you dont have a job NOW doesnot mean you should dehumanize yourself and reduce your "self-worth" to NOTHING?[/b]

Go and look at Truck drivers in Europe and America, they are at best, Primary Six level of education but they are damn good at driving their Trucks!
You dont need to be a Graduate to Drive a truck, ...when will Nigerians grow out of this slave mentality?
Who would do the Graduate jobs like "Research", if all Graduates now do is drive Trucks? Jeezuz Christ!!

Okija_juju:
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, depending on the distance, the material being hauled and the company, a truck driver makes on the average 400,000 Naira per month!! [/color][/font]

and thats just what most of these ppl dont know. . .this person is totally telling the truth,i personally know a DHL DRIVER that makes even close 2 500,000 especially in festive seasons in ONE MONTH. . .GO OUT,do ur findings and prove me wrong,even doctors on starting donr get that much

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But for Dangote, Graduates would have been BH to themselves, but He should stop fighting other industralists.

For folks cursing Dangote, take it easy and take this reasoning:

If you have someone that has been unemployed (2 years+) working as a truck driver earning 400k+ a month, he earns hard cash, he learn different routes in Nigeria and gets 1 particular skill of being able to diagnose and carry out simple repairs on diesel engines (the same engine concept you see in industrial generators and the like). If he knows what he wants, he can take all these after 2+ years to work as distributor to an FMCG company or set up his own haulage business (after saving his salary as capital) or start up a truck repair company somewhere along the haulage route or set up a diesel generator repair & coupling company.

As in, the opportunities are limitless!!!!! I'm doing ok right now but I tell you, if I had this opportunity come my way 7 years ago, I would have jumped on it (Darn!!! I worked for 20k a month for nearly a year after graduating with 2.1 in engineering).

My take sha.

lastpage: I dont blame Dangote for TWO REASONS:

1.) The man himself is just a "rich illiterate"! he does not know nor appreciate the value of education.
Like it is said, "Any fool can have money".
I dont mind people being rich (like Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey) when they use their brain and do it legitimately but we all know that in Nigeria, being rich is akin to being the Devil himself.

Ask him (Dangote) why each time any of his "blood sucking Trucks" swerves into and kills some people, the drivers simply disappear, according to instructions? Rumor has it that he uses the victims blood/soul for you know what! Again, if we live in a sane society where laws are upheld, the likes of Dangote would rot in prison for charges ranging from price fixing, breach of competition rules, murder/manslaughter, public endangerment, e.t.c.
Is this not the same man that continually makes people homeless by "fixing the price" of Cement?
but hey, this is Nigeria now, anything goes, right?

2.) Well, if not that we have "cursed leaders" in government and policy positions, how can some Eediots not be thanking Dangote for providing jobs for millions of UN-employed Youths?
One of the primary responsibilities of a national Government and a President indeed, is to provide employment opportunities for its citizens. This is one issue that will make or mar the Obama administration, for example.

This does not stop or hinder self-employment and they are not mutually exclusive.
But when Government is so misguided like we have, and the citizens so confused and brain-washed like we are, we live in a state of stupor, wondering endlessly through day-to-day and thanking God that at least we have seen the next day-light!
I guess next, we will thank Dangote for putting up and advert requiring PhD holders to come and apply to be his Mai-Gaurd, afterall, HE IS PROVIDING JOBS FOR MILLIONS OF UN-EMPLOYED YOUTHS!

Dont blame Dangote that much, bl;ame the system that made people like him feed fat on our national wealth, just for his own pockets!

Any "rich thief" can turn the masses into slaves and still be seen a s being benevolent...yes now!

BTW: if all you wanted and dreamt of becoming is a Truck driver and you went to a UNIVERSITY for all these years, then you need to have your head properly examined! [b]
Because you dont have a job NOW doesnot mean you should dehumanize yourself and reduce your "self-worth" to NOTHING?[/b]

Go and look at Truck drivers in Europe and America, they are at best, Primary Six level of education but they are damn good at driving their Trucks!
You dont need to be a Graduate to Drive a truck, ...when will Nigerians grow out of this slave mentality?
Who would do the Graduate jobs like "Research", if all Graduates now do is drive Trucks? Jeezuz Christ!!

Aliko Dangote studied business at Cairo University so I’m very curious why you call him a “rich illiterate”.

Most of your points are riddled with sentiment that does not jive with reality. People have a choice to apply for the job or not. Your personal dislike for Dangote is irrelevant to the issue.

Your degree does not define who you are; rather it’s a tool to help achieve your dreams. Don’t let it become a burden and cloud your judgment. A graduate is only a subject matter expert who is expected to apply critical thinking and analytical skills to solving problems. Period! We really don’t understand this.

In Nigeria, graduates are seen as special breeds that can only work in offices and should not “get their hands dirty” This mentality is killing this nation and we need to get rid of it right now. Your comment reflects the type of mindset that is holding Nigeria back.

Driving a truck in Nigeria is risky and not a great career but do you have any jobs for our unemployed graduates?