Ayo25:
You do not have to type this long epistle just because you disagree with me because actually you do not have to agree with me. You should keep calling people who are not as opportuned as you names and insulting them just because of the passing success you have had. I still want to reiterate and have no apology that skill acquisition is not the way out of poverty in this country, it only creates an aura of pomposity and terrible pride in the minority few who have acheive little success of it, of which you are a good example. I have no reason to wail because I am comfortable but I am not fooled by the dummy the govt have sold to people like you. Whatever a person has elected to do he should get the opportunity to do it. That is the hallmark of a just, fair and egalitarian society. Peace

To start with, sorry for the epistle, but i want to believe what i wrote up there is comprehensive enough for better understanding to anyone reading, instead you chose to mix things up in here, but I'll not mince words with you as you reserve the right to your opinion.

However, i never resorted to insulting anyone nor do i tried bluffing or showing off like one kinda Almighty bout my success, truth be told rolling up my clean sleeves to get dirty ain't opportunity but my very hard choice to make, pls do not try to twist in misconception while trying to make a point.

BTW, I wasn't fooled by any govt or whatsoever, I'm just all on my own, I do not care bout any govt so far food comes to the table. pls do have a good evening sir.

dearpreye:
Today, and once again, I'm writing on a very familiar issue. Degrees are outrightly overrated - especially down here in Nigeria.

This system churns out thousands of graduates every single year, and almost all of these graduates have the same mindset of seeking and getting a job somewhere. Whether or not we accept it, the JOB MARKET is overcrowded and government won't give everyone a job. Actually every serious government should be more concerned with creating a supportive and enabling environment than creating jobs for its people.

Every individual has a talent and a passion, and their wealth and fame lies in their vigorous pursuit of those passions and talents.

It's about time everyone begins learning a skill OR start to develop some latent ability within them. There's nothing wrong with adding a skill to your degree. It could be learning plumbing, professional driving, wiring a house, tailoring, selling, carpentry, painting, fashion designing, etc, or it could developing some soft skills like becoming a great communicator, writer, or even becoming a motivational speaker or personal development expert.

I had gone to give a safety briefing to some contractors and other management staff this day. After the briefing, one of the managers approached me, appreciated the manner of the talk and asked, " are you a motivational speaker?". Of course I sad NO. And she enthused I would make a good speaker if I could put my heart into it.

I laughed away the talk, but the speech replayed later in my mind as I was preparing to retire to bed in the evening. I Googled on the topic and started to read almost all the materials that came up. That was how I started on the journey to personal development and motivational speaking.

Last week, I went to give a give a talk to some youths. Although I refused to take a dime but I left there very fulfilled and I know I'm on my way to adding another skill to my skill pool. In this era, there's no limit to the skills we can acquire.

At the moment, an old man is fixing some plumbing works for me. As we talked, he told me how he's been looking for youths to assist in learning that skill, but none has shown any interest.

As an undergraduate, you can still make plans towards learning a skill while on campus. Skill is the way forward. No great nation ever took skill development for granted. It's time to learn a skill. Any skill can be a temporal source of income. Men are losing their jobs; competition is fiercer now than ever. Even if you're seeking to be the best in your chosen field, you can still add a skill. Any skill.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day.

Lalasticalala, good morning.

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dearpreye:
Today, and once again, I'm writing on a very familiar issue. Degrees are outrightly overrated - especially down here in Nigeria.

This system churns out thousands of graduates every single year, and almost all of these graduates have the same mindset of seeking and getting a job somewhere. Whether or not we accept it, the JOB MARKET is overcrowded and government won't give everyone a job. Actually every serious government should be more concerned with creating a supportive and enabling environment than creating jobs for its people.

Every individual has a talent and a passion, and their wealth and fame lies in their vigorous pursuit of those passions and talents.

It's about time everyone begins learning a skill OR start to develop some latent ability within them. There's nothing wrong with adding a skill to your degree. It could be learning plumbing, professional driving, wiring a house, tailoring, selling, carpentry, painting, fashion designing, etc, or it could developing some soft skills like becoming a great communicator, writer, or even becoming a motivational speaker or personal development expert.

I had gone to give a safety briefing to some contractors and other management staff this day. After the briefing, one of the managers approached me, appreciated the manner of the talk and asked, " are you a motivational speaker?". Of course I sad NO. And she enthused I would make a good speaker if I could put my heart into it.

I laughed away the talk, but the speech replayed later in my mind as I was preparing to retire to bed in the evening. I Googled on the topic and started to read almost all the materials that came up. That was how I started on the journey to personal development and motivational speaking.

Last week, I went to give a give a talk to some youths. Although I refused to take a dime but I left there very fulfilled and I know I'm on my way to adding another skill to my skill pool. In this era, there's no limit to the skills we can acquire.

At the moment, an old man is fixing some plumbing works for me. As we talked, he told me how he's been looking for youths to assist in learning that skill, but none has shown any interest.

As an undergraduate, you can still make plans towards learning a skill while on campus. Skill is the way forward. No great nation ever took skill development for granted. It's time to learn a skill. Any skill can be a temporal source of income. Men are losing their jobs; competition is fiercer now than ever. Even if you're seeking to be the best in your chosen field, you can still add a skill. Any skill.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day.

Lalasticalala, good morning.

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dearpreye:
Today, and once again, I'm writing on a very familiar issue. Degrees are outrightly overrated - especially down here in Nigeria.

This system churns out thousands of graduates every single year, and almost all of these graduates have the same mindset of seeking and getting a job somewhere. Whether or not we accept it, the JOB MARKET is overcrowded and government won't give everyone a job. Actually every serious government should be more concerned with creating a supportive and enabling environment than creating jobs for its people.

Every individual has a talent and a passion, and their wealth and fame lies in their vigorous pursuit of those passions and talents.

It's about time everyone begins learning a skill OR start to develop some latent ability within them. There's nothing wrong with adding a skill to your degree. It could be learning plumbing, professional driving, wiring a house, tailoring, selling, carpentry, painting, fashion designing, etc, or it could developing some soft skills like becoming a great communicator, writer, or even becoming a motivational speaker or personal development expert.

I had gone to give a safety briefing to some contractors and other management staff this day. After the briefing, one of the managers approached me, appreciated the manner of the talk and asked, " are you a motivational speaker?". Of course I sad NO. And she enthused I would make a good speaker if I could put my heart into it.

I laughed away the talk, but the speech replayed later in my mind as I was preparing to retire to bed in the evening. I Googled on the topic and started to read almost all the materials that came up. That was how I started on the journey to personal development and motivational speaking.

Last week, I went to give a give a talk to some youths. Although I refused to take a dime but I left there very fulfilled and I know I'm on my way to adding another skill to my skill pool. In this era, there's no limit to the skills we can acquire.

At the moment, an old man is fixing some plumbing works for me. As we talked, he told me how he's been looking for youths to assist in learning that skill, but none has shown any interest.

As an undergraduate, you can still make plans towards learning a skill while on campus. Skill is the way forward. No great nation ever took skill development for granted. It's time to learn a skill. Any skill can be a temporal source of income. Men are losing their jobs; competition is fiercer now than ever. Even if you're seeking to be the best in your chosen field, you can still add a skill. Any skill.

Thanks for reading. Have a great day.

Lalasticalala, good morning.

well said bro, more grease.

Ayo25:
This issue of asking people to learn a skill has been overflogged and is now very boring to hear. Actually a lot of people are now very skilled in doing one thing or the other, and are still not better off. It would interest you to know that many okada and tricycle riders are skilled in one thing or the other. Rather than admit the country is messed up, you are beating about the bush blaming peoples dependance on their degrees.

Ayo25:
This issue of asking people to learn a skill has been overflogged and is now very boring to hear. Actually a lot of people are now very skilled in doing one thing or the other, and are still not better off. It would interest you to know that many okada and tricycle riders are skilled in one thing or the other. Rather than admit the country is messed up, you are beating about the bush blaming peoples dependance on their degrees.

Ayo25:
This issue of asking people to learn a skill has been overflogged and is now very boring to hear. Actually a lot of people are now very skilled in doing one thing or the other, and are still not better off. It would interest you to know that many okada and tricycle riders are skilled in one thing or the other. Rather than admit the country is messed up, you are beating about the bush blaming peoples dependance on their degrees.

I beg to disagree with your assertion sir, how well have you done your statistics to have reach such conclusion as you've quoted up there claiming so many people are now very skilled, chunk of our graduates attention is shifted to the hope of getting a well to do job on the average while less attention is been paid to acquisition of skills due to some certain factors, such as the ageing factor, the egoism factor, the get rich quick syndrome and the time factor, etc are the reasons why most graduate might not want to consider such, until the already sharpened teeth of poverty has eaten deep into the fabric of their pockets will such might tickle and trigger their mind on something productive.

To knock you off in the case of the so called olokadas category, most are not found in there field too, due to laziness, as okada is now perceived by people of their class a lucrative business in the city of Lagos, connection problem, lack of independence, stack illiteracy, semi professional, lack of adequate equipment and so on.

Last Bullet,

By his grace I'm a testimony to this looming predicament trending in our society as of now, had my OND, BSC, Masters, a former bank staff or worker(contract) earning stipend which doesn't make ends meet, non sustainable job and considering the fact that its not promising and futuristic, I had to take a bold step to commit my time in learning painting and special effect after my resignation, now I get contracts in multiples and I assemble other professional painters on huge projects, do my supervision with less stress and i get paid for a job weldone.

My brother stop wailing and entertain less excuse, open your mind and reason beyond, this will go a long way, country in mess or no mess, have this in mind, even when it rained, your feet will still be messed up in the mud.

olaxco2f: