As the topic reads, ready made scripts and CMS/E-commerce like WordPress, Joomla, Magento etc are killing web programming in Nigeria.

Ever wondered why you give someone to handle your website and you get disappointed at the end? The so called web developer just goes around to look for wordpress themes and some plugins and just come up with something for you which does not meet your requirements. He will even go ahead to get some scripts which he cannot handle if problems arise because he does't have web programming/developing skills and leaves you hanging around looking for a well qualified Web Developer which you should have done in the first place.

Look around the web space of Nigeria, perhaps, websites in Nigeria, most are built with WordPress or Joomla ranging from blogs to some business websites. Most so called web developers in Nigeria can't develop something from scratch, they don't have web developing skills, they only know little of html,css and other basic web programming languages. When it comes to handling a real and tough web development project, they lag behind which is very bad.

Here are some web developer vacancies requirements in Canada below:

1. https://ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2df4b495e2d60183&tk=1c9jt6qs040pkf6q&from=serp&vjs=3

2. https://ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6a79548e8c6ed84c&tk=1c9jt5nqc40pkfp0&from=serp&vjs=3

3. https://ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=97bdd68278423195&tk=1c9jt5nqc40pkfp0&from=serp&vjs=3

4. https://www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/job/18018302

My question is how many Nigerian web developers can fit into this role? Do you really have these required skills?

Let web developers in Nigeria broaden their knowledge about web developing and management, learn how to develop websites/web applications from scratch(make it a hobby) not just using ready made scripts or plugins. The role web developer is a programmer who specializes in, or is specifically engaged in, the development of World Wide Web applications. (wikipedia).

Develop something, don't go for ready made, let's have real web developers in Nigeria and develop something tangible from scratch.

P.S: I am not saying using WordPress or other CMS is bad, infact some web developing companies require that you are skilled using them. My research/experience is based on some people who claim to be web developers on nairaland, not a whole set of Web Developers in Nigeria. Notice the initcaps in the later.