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Vocational Training Is The Answer To Unemployment Among Nigerians by BhbHoLLAH(m): 12:35am On Oct 31, 2019
Nigeria, officially known as the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is located on the Western coast of Africa with 36States and its Federal Capital territory at Abuja.
Nigeria Bureau of statistics declared the total population of Nigeria citizens to be around 166.2million in the year 2016.
As of 2019, the estimated population of the country is over 200.96milliom, ranking 7th in the world.

Unemployment Rate in Nigeria increased to 23.10percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 22.70percent in the second quarter of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Nigeria averaged 12.31percent from 2006 until 2018. Reaching an all time high of 23.10percent in the third quarter of 2018 and a record low of 5.10percent in the fourth quarters of 2010.

What is meant by Unemployment

Unemployment is the fact of a number of people not having or unable to secure a paid job to earn a better living. Nigeria unemployment Raye measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Vocational Training
Vocational training is the process of going through a learning of skills or and educational trading that provides the necessary knowledge and skill with both the use of machine and other device and materials to produce things for human benefit and societal benefits.
Also, Vocational education is the education and training that provides the knowledge with it's form(formal, non-formal and informal learning.) And is said to be important for social equity and inclusions, as well as for the sustainability of development.

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the first and foremost a mindset. Entrepreneur is a person who habitually created and innovates to build something of recognized value around perceived opportunities. An Entrepreneur can be an individual, entrepreneurial team or even entrepreneurial organization.

Kinds of Vocational Training & Entrepreneurial service

Vocational training are of all kinds with different specialist, training like : Barbing skills, Cake baking, Computer training, Tailoring, fashion designer, Hairdressing, Motor repair and other craft that would keep the youth off from the shackles of unemployment in Nigeria.
Entrepreneurship maybe Retail, service, Manufacturing and others
RETAIL: Clothing store, Art & craft, Gallery, Gift shops, Auto dealership, Fashion, boutique, E.t.c
MANUFACTURING: machine shops, Beauty, products, food processing/home product. E.t.c
SERVICE: print shop, Land scaping, Retail service, car wash, security, auto repair shop, E.t.c
OTHERS: farming, Design works, Building artists, wholesaling, Distributor, transportation, E.t.c

TOP BENEFITS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO BECOME SELF EMPLOYED

1. Independence: Being self employed brings about independence. Independence is the freedom from control of others. You solely use your knowledge, skills and abilities as you can. Once you have a vocational training, you are already by driven by the spirit of success and achievement and freedom of action.

2 Unity: A vital role played by vocational education and entrepreneurial development is the fact that it solves unemployment among citizens which tend to brings peace and tranquility in the country.
Thus, been self-employed with a particular vocational skills helps to prevent the following :
- It reduces the rate of gangsterism
- No unnecessary argument
-No to cultism, killing, robbery and fighting

3. Profit and income( Steady income): One of the major reward expected when starting a vocational studies or entrepreneurial skills is profit. Profit are meant for the owner of the business. Very often, increased time and effort put into the enterprise results in increased income.

4. Job security: Having a vocational training of all kinds helps to curb unemployment rate. Job security as the assurance of continued employment and income. This also provide employment purpose for others in search of a job to earn a living.

5. Personal satisfaction: personal satisfaction means doing what you want with your life. Having an entrepreneur skills will enable you to spend each work day in a job you enjoy. E.g A photographer cab start his/her own studio.

Others benefit of being self employed as end entrepreneur is that in increase social status of an individual, control of work environment, creativity and leads rather than following.

In this article, its now apparent that Vocational training and entrepreneurship development helps to tackle unemployment rate rather than white collar job in the country.

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Re: Vocational Training Is The Answer To Unemployment Among Nigerians by MANNABBQGRILLS: 12:38am On Oct 31, 2019
Truer words have never been spoken.

Entrepreneur is bae.......

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Re: Vocational Training Is The Answer To Unemployment Among Nigerians by BhbHoLLAH(m): 12:40am On Oct 31, 2019
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Truer words have never been spoken.
Entrepreneur is bae.......
is the best right ?
Re: Vocational Training Is The Answer To Unemployment Among Nigerians by MANNABBQGRILLS: 12:45am On Oct 31, 2019
BhbHoLLAH:

is the best right ?
100%

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Re: Vocational Training Is The Answer To Unemployment Among Nigerians by helinues: 6:44am On Oct 31, 2019
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undecided.. Should we look for someone else.. ?

Guy you are not doing your jobs as expected.. You should be doing this none stop with no break..

Between you and us, Walaha has just started
Re: Vocational Training Is The Answer To Unemployment Among Nigerians by helinues: 6:45am On Oct 31, 2019
The vocational training's was once common in Nigeria until we started having clueless people in power

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