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Topic: [size=14pt]The Government is solely to blame for the high Unemployment rate in Nigeria.[/size]



Supporting:





The University of Ibadan (UI) is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Nigerian Universities. Established in 1948, the University of Ibadan, UI as it is fondly referred to, is the first University in Nigeria. Until 1962 when it became a full fledged independent University, it was a College of the University of London in a special relationship scheme.

Vice Chancellor: Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka

Motto: Recte Sapere Fons[/I] = To think straight is the fount (of knowledge)

Meet the UI debaters:

► Olalerey
► Cassyrooy
► Treasuregr8
► Aysuccess99
► Thollulope

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Opposing:





The University of Ilorin, also known as Unilorin was established by a decree of the Federal Military Government in 1975 and is a federal government owned tertiary institution of education located in Ilorin, Kwara State, western Nigeria. University of Ilorin was one of the seven institutions of higher learning established by a decree of the Federal Military Government in August, 1975.

Vice-chancellor: Professor Abdul Ganiyu Ambali

Motto: [i]Probitas Doctrinas meaning Character and learning.

Meet the Unilorin debaters:

► Mustybura
► Graciousolo
► Tourshaw
► Neyoor

I remain Luxanne and the judges with me are,

Freemanan

KingTom

Crazyman


I greet you Sirs


Date: Tonight, 13th March 2016

Time: 7pm.

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6:55 -- Debaters (Olalerey, Cassyrooy, Treasuregr8, Aysuccess99, Thollulope, Mustybura, Graciousolo, Tourshaw, Neyoor) and judges (Freemanan, KingTom, Crazyman) registers presence.

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No time....

Not easy, finally we have come to the end of Nairaland Interschool debate third edition Quarter Finals all plaudits to God. Today we will decide the team that will join OAU, Abu Zaria, LASU...



Well I wish the both team best of luck... .


I hereby declare the debate open...

6:55 -- Debaters (Olalerey, Cassyrooy, Treasuregr8, Aysuccess99, Thollulope, Mustybura, Graciousolo, Tourshaw, Neyoor) and judges (Freemanan, KingTom, Crazyman) registers presence.

A beautiful evening to you all.

Thank you Fynestboi for doing us the honours.


Alright, it is now 7pm, let us then proceed


@Team Unibadan.

Kindly post your essays now.

Cc: Olalerey, Cassyrooy, Treasuregr8, Aysuccess99, Thollulope.


And @Team Unilorin, get ready to post yours after theirs.

Cc: Mustybura, Graciousolo, Tourshaw, Neyoor

Thank you.

THE GOVERNMENT IS SOLELY TO BLAME FOR HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NIGERIA.










REFERENCES.
1. Youth Unemployment in Nigeria: nigeriamasterweb.com/Masterweb/MasterwebMobileNews.php?rss_id=MzM

2. Nigeria Unemployment Rate|2006-2016|Data: www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/unemployment-rate

And your team mate @ Aysuccess99?

luxanne:
And your team mate @ Aysuccess99?

Good evening. I am afraid he is not likely to show up.

Alright, while we wait for UIbadan's second debater, you may now post your essays @ Team Unilorin.

Cc: Mustybura, Graciousolo, Tourshaw, Neyoor

aysuccess99:

Good evening. I am afraid he is not likely to show up.

This is a sad one. Prior to this time, didnt you both communicate?

luxanne:


This is a sad one. Prior to this time, didnt you both communicate?

I tried reaching him but it all proved futile. It is well.

Topic: The government is solely to blame for
high unemployment rate in Nigeria.
Stance: Oppose

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, “each year,
about 1.8m young Nigerians enter into our already saturated labour market.” This incessant increase elicits a lot of unanswered questions as to causes and consequences. I took an envisage look from my vantage points into the situation and came up with these points but before unleashing my convincing points of view, I must register my sincere greetings to those whom it's due.

Chairman of the occasion, inexhaustible moderators, unprejudiced judges, distinguished co-debaters, my untiring readers and audience, ladies and gentlemen, good day to you all. My name is Abdulkareem Abdulmumeen Omotosho, representing the prestigious better by far University, Unilorin in this debate. And solidly opposing the motion which states that the government is solely to blame for high unemployment rate in Nigeria.
To shed more light on the topic for easy digestion of the discourse, some of the wordings in the topic is defined comprehensively thus;


Government; The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
Blame; censure
Unemployment; state of joblessness.
Firstly, dismal performance during undergraduate. A graduate wandering endlessly about the streets for job but unfortunately couldn't find any. He became frustrated and started blaming the government for non provision of job opportunity. And do you have any idea to why he wasn't able to secure any? Because this person graduated with a Pass grade. The point here is that before we blame government for unemployment, let's ask ourselves what we are coming out with from higher institution. There's no way one will graduate with first class or even second class upper and won't be preferred to the other who graduates with a Pass grade. We have chance to determine what we want for ourselves after school right from our tertiary institution because despite the ever increasing rate of unemployment, handful of graduates still get good jobs immediately which is as a result of their unmatched performance. Take for instance, in my school, every first class graduate is retained as lecturer. This development goes a long way in reducing the rate of unemployment.


Secondly, sheer dependency. Our youths are over depending. When a baby is born, the responsibility of his proper upbringing is sheerly saddled by the parents till he attains adulthood. This time when he should be independent on any and thinks how to fend for himself yet he still wants to transfer his welfarism from his parents to the government. This is totally uncalled. If we cannot learn to depend on ourselves, if we cannot cater for ourselves, if we see our own duty as the responsibility of others, then, we are beyond doubt, getting involved in the unemployment problem in the country.

Thirdly, laxity of entrepreneurial spirit. Graduates always crave to be someone else boss albeit they should be their own boss. Some argue that they have no knowledge of what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Others digest the fact that being an entrepreneur requires a lot of patience and taking risks which may not be bearable sometimes, coupled with the bottleneck of its yielding. Being self-employed and self established so that one will be self sustained is one of the yardsticks for reduction of unemployment in the country.


Fourthly, nonchalant attitude to petty business, Me? After these stressful years in school, I will now start another suffering by engaging myself in one small scale business. God forbids!! This is one of the causes of incessant increase in unemployment rate. Every graduate needs to be aware that little drop of rain, makes a mighty ocean. They need to know that Rome was not built in a day. Great things are not done usually in a twinkling of an eye. Today, every graduate wishes to work with Dangote. They forget he also started as an ordinary small scale businessman. Had it been Dangote never indulged in small scale business then he might not be as affluent as he is now. Petty trading doesn't only make one to be self efficient, it also endows one with self reliance.


In conclusion, I crave the indulgence of all. Having highlighted the ways the people and not the influence the most the high rate of unemployment. The panacea for the mentioned pitfalls are for students to strive hard for a an exceptional grade during their undergraduate years. Students should also be equipped with good knowledge of entrepreneurs and what it entails during their undergraduate years. Graduates are also enjoined to imbibe the ideology of petty business and stop waiting for white collar jobs which they have no idea when their wait will be over. People should also learn to take responsibilities and stop the being total reliance and dependence on the government because as there are civic rights, there are also civic duties.

My unbiased judges and my distinguished readers, having read this, you must concurred with me that for unemployment rate to reduce to infinitesimal and negligible rate, people not government should be blamed and called to order.

Thank you
REFERENCE
English dictionary

bestnaija.com

The government is solely to blame for high unemployment rate in Nigeria.

With high level of obeisance, sequel to no iota of denunciation, I acknowledge the inexhaustible coordinators, the sedulous and unslanted panel of judges, the energetic and hell-bent moderator, my bond and determined co-debaters. My greeting is futile and incomplete, if I failed to salute the prestigious and splendiferous audience of Nairaland Forum.


I go by the nomenclature, Oyedeji Oyeniyi, an ardent representative of the better by far University of Ilorin. I want to seize this unique opportunity, to vehemently oppose the motion that states that “The government is solely to blame for high unemployment rate in Nigeria”


Nigeria is estimated to be over 185 million in population, over half of the population are labour force; which implies that people of age-range 15 to 64 are over 100 million, and over 70 million of them are employed, although some of them are underemployed and over 29 million representing close to 30% are totally unemployed according to the National Bureau of Labour Statistic. In the past, the government, especially the federal government have tried so hard in combating the deadly virus called unemployment that is militating against the prosperity of this nation, through some laudable initiatives that includes: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), SURE-P program, YouWin etc. but yet, the rate of unemployment is increasing exponentially in Nigeria and the reason could be majorly blamed on the part of the people, owing to their Laziness, Impatient and Unemployed traits among others.


It is a known fact that no matter how booming the economy of any country might be, it can never have the agility to employ more than 50% of its labour force population, except in few countries with sparse population. This implies that the remaining percentage will have to embrace Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME’s) and all other liable means to fend for themselves. The issue of unemployment can be greatly felt in Nigeria because the Youths that represent the larger percentage of the working force harbours laziness. 70% of Nigerian youths are of the opinion that they deserves a white-collar job after completing their education, hence, the reason why they always boycott any manual or blue-collar job they could earn a living from and that could be regarded as nothing other than unabated laziness. United States of America, France, Germany and Netherlands could not have been the front runner in the list of countries where agricultural products are been exported from, if their labour force have boycotted farming. Even though Nigeria is blessed with fertile land and favourable weather that is suitable for agriculture, majority of the youth will never for once think of embracing farming because of their laziness. The government have even put in place several juicy scheme to enable her citizens indulge in agriculture but yet they won’t.


Furthermore, the issue of employment is becoming pertinacious in Nigeria because the Nigerian labour force is anchoring gross incompetence. The federal government have designed the educational sector in such a way that anyone that allows the school to thoroughly pass through him will have positive impact to make in the society but it is highly egregious that majority of the youth of nowadays are just passing through the school without having the grasp of what will sustain them after school, hence the reason for exorbitant unemployment rate. A Nigerian minister once announced that Nigerian youths are unemployable. He made this valid assertion to defend the question posed at the government for solely responsible for the radiating unemployment rate in Nigeria. The truth is that majority of the labour force doesn’t have the intellectual might to offer their employers. Most of the traits that employers want are lacking in majority of the Nigerian labour force. My opponent might want to blame the government for not creating enough job opportunities but what about this gross incompetence from the side of the labour force that is restraining them from perfectly handling the jobs on ground.


Let me finally assert the power of my vociferous pen to unravel another secret of the Nigerian labour force on this subject of discourse. It is veracious, that an average Nigerian youth is very impatient in nature. All they want is for them to start a job today, build a house and buy a car from it at the end of the month. They are so impatient, that they don’t want to start from the scratch or manage a token amount. Success is built over time and with hardwork, perseverance and dedication over the years. Manna doesn’t just fall from heaven and heaven helps those who help themselves. Before we can blame the government for the outrageous unemployment rate, the labour force need to strive to be patient, employable, focused and skilfully oriented.




References

"The current population of Nigeria" www.worldometers.info/world-population/nigeria-population/

"Top 10 Agricultural Exporting countries" www.whichcountry.co/top-10-agricultural-export-countries-world/

"REASONS WHY MAJORITY OF NIGERIAN YOUTHS ARE UNEMPLOYED"
www.nairaland.com/1305246/reasons-why-majority-nigerian-youths

Aruosa O, 2015 " LAZINESS and CASUALNESS: The 2nd Biggest Problem in Nigeria"

aysuccess99:
I tried reaching him but it all proved futile. It is well.

Hmmm. Quite unfortunate.

I guess we will have to proceed as it is then.


Time for rebuttals - You can now counter each other arguments please.

Cc: Aysuccess99, Tourshaw, Neyoor

Tourshaw:
There's no way one will graduate with first class or even second class upper and won't be preferred to the other who graduates with a Pass grade. We have chance to determine what we want for ourselves after school right from our tertiary institution because despite the ever increasing rate of unemployment, handful of graduates still get good jobs immediately which is as a result of their unmatched performance. Take for instance, in my school, every first class graduate is retained as lecturer.

Hmm. I put it to you that it is not all students with First Class grade and Second Class Upper grade that get employment. The issue of unemployment is not about grades but it's the fact that our government do not create enabling environment for graduates to be gainfully employed.

In as much as I will agree with you that having a good grade will give you an head during employment process but that still doesn't determine whether one will get employed.

So, do you want to prove to me that all job seekers that are not employed all came out with a Pass grade or do you want to prove to me that 70% of those who graduate out of University came out with pass grade?

The issue we should tackle is how our government can utilize all available resources to create job for the teeming population.

And to our esteemed judges, kindly be on the standby with your questions/counter arguments.

Thank you.

Cc: Freemanan, KingTom, Crazyman

Neyoor:
In the past, the government, especially the federal government have tried so hard in combating the deadly virus called unemployment that is militating against the prosperity of this nation, through some laudable initiatives that includes: Operation Feed the Nation (OFN), SURE-P program, YouWin etc. but yet, the rate of unemployment is increasing exponentially in Nigeria and the reason could be majorly blamed on the part of the people, owing to their Laziness, Impatient and Unemployed traits among others.

Can you tell me how effective this program were in combating unemployment?
Did you remember when it was stated that the SURE-P program was a scam?

In as much as the government created this programmes to help combat unemployment but you must know that this same program created by the government were implemented as ad-hoc, poorly coordinated and marred by corruption and inefficiency. Rather than reduce unemployment the reverse seem to be the case.

[quote author=aysuccess99 post=43742149][b]THE Why has not any government made creating jobs a priority instead of promising roads and bridges which they eventually do not build? Most people claim that it should not be the job of the government to create jobs and that citizens should use their initiatives and creative thinking to create jobs for themselves. In as much as the use of one's initiatives in creating job is good but when has it become the responsibility of the citizens to create jobs for themselves? Every reasonable and focused government of the world strive and do all it takes to reduce the number of their unemployed graduates. This shows that getting people, especially young graduates gainful employment is the sole responsibility of the government at all levels. Even the United States of America in spite of her level of capitalism still believe that it is the sole responsibility of the government to reduce unemployment to the barest minimum which the ''Employment Act of 1946'' represents: 'The Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practical means to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power to her citizens.


Which article or section of Nigerian constitution mandated it for the Government to compulsorily provide job for all her citizens. As far as I'm concerned that employment act you quoted above is the one used in United Kingdom and not in anyway related to Nigeria.

aysuccess99:

Hmm. I put it to you that it is not all students with First Class grade and Second Class Upper grade that get employment. The issue of unemployment is not about grades but it's the fact that our government do not create enabling environment for graduates to be gainfully employed.

In as much as I will agree with you that having a good grade will give you an head during employment process but that still doesn't determine whether one will get employed.

So, do you want to prove to me that all job seekers that are not employed all came out with a Pass grade or do you want to prove to me that 70% of those who graduate out of University came out with pass grade?

The issue we should tackle is how our government can utilize all available resources to create job for the teeming population.

From your first statement, it depicts the fact that you missed my point. I never said graduating with first class or second class upper is prerequisite to getting jobs. All I'm saying is, excellence is preferred to mediocrity.

@Tourshaw and Neyoor. Well done bosses.

You both centered on youth employment forgetting about the number of people who didn't go to school but involve themselves in small business but were forced to leave their job due to bad government policies and bad leadership.

Taking an instance of a welder and other artisans who require high electric power supply to be able to perform their job but could not perform their jobs due to the epileptic power supply that has become a tradition in our country.

Do you say that we should blame this people[instead of the government] for government failure to provide constant electricity supply?

[left]Why has not any government made creating jobs a priority instead of promising roads and bridges


Are you saying construction of roads is not a way of job creation? What about the contractors of these work?

Neyoor:
Which article or section of Nigerian constitution
mandated it for the Government to compulsorily
provide job for all her citizens. As far as I'm concerned
that employment act you quoted above is the one used
in United Kingdom and not in anyway related to
Nigeria.

Can you tell me the responsibility of the government to the citizens? How can you claim that it's not the responsibility of the government to provide employment for her citizens because probably it is not in the Constitution?
I put it to you that one of the responsibility of the government is to provide basic welfare to her citizens such as provision of social amenities, reduction of the poverty level of her citizens and provision of job opportunities to her citizens.
Why do you think that most times, during campaign people tend to promise that they will provide job opportunities to the citizens? It is because they see it as one of their responsibility to the citizens.

In as much as this Employment Act is from USA but don't you think that as a developing nation, it is quite important to follow good examples from developed nation.
If USA and other developed out tries can see that they create employment opportunities for her citizens why not Nigeria, our country.

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