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Because of the fallen standard in Nigerian public universities, incessant ASUU strikes and difficulty gaining admission, many Nigerian students decide to look elsewhere to get a university education.

Countries like Ghana, South Africa, US, UK, Canada, India, China, and Japan among others, have become easy escape routes for Nigerians who can not withstand the nightmares associated with tertiary education in Nigeria.

In those days, a student could sit for the University Matriculation Examination (UME) five times and if care was not taken, could still not get admission into the University or could spend more than four years at the university because of strikes.

To avoid this situation, many Nigerians moved abroad to school and hoped that once they returned home, their foreign degrees would help them get jobs easily.

Similarly, some Nigerians also moved abroad for postgraduate education (Masters and PhDs) in order to develop their skills. These individuals also had high hope of getting jobs easily with their foreign degrees once they returned home. Unfortunately, things have not worked out the way they anticipated because of the following reasons.

Employers cannot afford to pay them

Some Nigerian employers are wary of employing foreign graduates because they cannot pay them. Nigerians foreign graduates believe that since they schooled abroad, they are entitled to higher salaries. Hence, turning potential employers away whenever they make outrageous demands during interviews. One could argue in support for these Nigerians foreign graduates who sometimes take high-interest loans for tuition.

The Nigerian labour market is more competitive than they thought

Some of the foreign graduates underestimate the competition in the Nigerian labour market. Probably, this might be because of the pride that they schooled abroad, leaving them less prepared for the competition that awaits them at interviews. However, they are sometimes humbled and outshined by those who did not school abroad https://qwenu.com/2018/12/22/why-foreign-graduates-find-it-hard-to-get-a-job-in-nigeria/

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