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Aragon:
Bless you dear! You are such an inspiration

Bless you also
thanks a lot

Vick4rill:
Honestly this issue is already over flogged, every Nigerian undergraduate already knows the important of skill aquisition, even the institution themselves are already advocating for entreprenuer skill. That is why entrepreneur courses are made compulsory for all levels in the universities. what i dont like is the constant overhyping and re-writing of the same topics everytime. we should stop making skill aquisition look like a way to financial heaven. inasmuch as there are entreprenuers doing well we must also acknowledge that there are people who have failed woefully. one thing with this country is that we love running around the wall, about a century ago people were encourage to leave this skills and go get education. now that people are jam -packed in the educational sector skill aquisition is the hype now. instead of us to admit that we have fail as a nation!! we will end up overhyping skill aquisition jst like we over hype education in this country. bunch of unserious people.

I get your point

I'm just sharing my story and hoping it would touch someone

already getting a lot of emails, u might think everyone is aware about skills acquisition but sadly most are not or aren't properly encouraged

Aragon:
Probably the best post on NL this year. If a quarter of our Youths have this mentality then I see a better Nigeria. I met a girl in Naija last year, she has finished school but doing nothing all she needed was just 10k to learn how to make hair. Gave it to her, but she gave used it to treat her poor mum that had an accident.. Though I applaud and understood her but also told her it's a tough world out there and the money was for her to learn hair. Anyway because she was sincere, I gave her more money to learn how to sew since it's her passion. She will graduate before the year ends. I gave her a little more and she is buying and selling second hand clothes along with learning how to sew. Now she is happy working hard to establish herself instead of sitting at home looking for job with her certificate. School is good to get basic knowledge but many wont get employed cos there are no jobs. Money some use to impress Strangers can also be used to start a little something. Thank you so much for this post. Am so proud of you and hope others get inspired by your post

thank you so much for helping that lady

Someone also paid for my sewing machine to encourage me

happy birthday Burna

this is good news

haaaaa this one is strong o

GoldHorse:
I could give you a thousands kisses for this!!!! You are going places dear!!!

awwwwn thanks

RealHaute:
Makydebbie can make shawarma and bake just about any type of cake you can imagine.

Oops! Did I say too much?

awesome skill

StevensJojo:
Writing is a skill

exactly what I said to my mum
lool

hopefully these set will do better

LordKO:
@OP

Not until people like you understand that skill can be either mental or manual would I begin to take anyone of you serious.

What everyone, not just women, need is to have understanding of something valuable (i.e. skill) and commercialize same for the betterment of self and others. . . When you better the life of others true that which you understand what you gain in return is money.

I bet you, someone that's intelligent but has indignation for manual work can never make any headway should she go ahead to acquire skill in such like of act and vise versa.

valid point

porozhniy:
Op, you shouldn't have made this about the ladies to avoid unnecessary insults on ur gender.
A lot of us graduates are still hung up on the ultimate white-collar dream that we are painfully unaware of our environment.
Apart from 'em hard skills, we are so severally deficient in leadership, PR and marketing skills.
Any successful entrepreneur must marry both hard & soft skill.
I like how you described your sewing experience, that's what keeps us going during downtimes, more ink to ya pen or elbow as the case may be.

yes truly it shouldn't be about my gender alone but most times we are at the receiving end

McBrooklyn:
It's the náked truth, ma'am...

lool

fait10:
My sister stop asking guys what they do for a living, they will lie,,, just take them to bed and count how many round they can go
One round - rich guy
Two rounds - doing well in life
Three rounds - unemployed
Four rounds - broke as hell
THANK ME IF YOU WANT

this your analysis ehn

lool

ugofr:
it's expensive to get labourers when you don't know anything about farming, they will milk you. you must learn to cut loses. e. g. one who has oil palm plantation spends a lot just to cut it down for you, farming is another thing all together, it is either you pay double or you cook for them. I don't know about others but my village pple don tear eye finish.

exactly

ikeepitreal:
They won't learn productive skills, most Nigerian girls wont.
They only skill they want to learn is dick riding. They believe it's a skill set that draws in cash most effectively.
i like to call em sex entrepreneurs.

sex entrepreneurs
heheheeheh

McBrooklyn:
Gold digging, slaying, hoeing, etc are different professional skills on their own sef... Every other skills are counterfeit and no go areas for 'em...

loool

u don start

Benita27:
The aim to be productive. I don't need to learn a skill to be in a particular field of labour. Your case of Cassava farming for example, since you've got a land, simply hire a labourer who's into farming, get them plant for you, and after six-months, you could do the harvesting, peeling, washing and sun drying yourself. Days later you could hire another set of labourers to fry for you. Depending on the quantity.

I make hair very well and if I should open a standard saloon tomorrow, I'd still employ the professionals in hair making, and may be doing less in the saloon.

I agree with you to a point, you don't go into a business without the knowledge, like your case, u can make hair, u have an idea about the business already all you need to do is expand and monetize it.

farming isn't as easy as projected please do not be deceived it's not about getting a land and hiring laborers, u need to know when to weed, what type of cassava you're planting, the type or soil you're planting on, when to harvest etc

nothing is easy hence we learn everyday

TheMainMan:
sincerely... i see sm serious girls wanting to learn ds days especially make-up,sm settling up event ushers,sm tailors and the rest like that.....




knowing some of this things helps a lot as it gets u sm change and also prevents u from being idle till u get that dream job u desire.....



it doesn't kill... its a plus for u.... who even knws who u might meet when u doing it....



i hope they hear

I like the part where u said it keeps u going till you get your dream job

it is not lack of employment that's killing us, it is the lack to create employment

Benita27:
Na people wey no get functioning brain she go tell.

@Bella, I could go into all the aforementioned without using my hands. All I'll need is capital and labour.

u need skill to manage a business

being an entrepreneur is a skill

smardray:
slaying itself is a skill

loool Abi

A certificate is a piece of paper that can lose its value tomorrow but a skill learnt and perfected over time evolves to something bigger and extraordinary {Isabella}


Immediately I finished University, I had such high hopes, I felt I had landed, I wanted to work for a while before going for NYSC, I concluded in me that no interviewer would see me and not wanna give me a job, imagine after series of interviews the excuses were your salary rate is high, you don’t have an NYSC certificate yet, etc.


One morning my mom barged into my room and asked when I was going to learn a skill, I asked her what she meant skill?, she asked me what can I do with my hands I told her I could write she said go on, I said blog, and I could hold an audience I can still hear her laughter till today, she told me those weren’t skills I should either chose between fashion designing or hair making, I said to her what! After how many years in the university I was going to some shop to go learn how to be a tailor.


I was ashamed, what would people say, I couldn’t imagine myself going to some woman to learn how to sew, or make hair, it was beneath me I felt, I was a graduate and was going to work in a big corporation I said to myself.


I was at home for two years doing nothing, I wanted to work before NYSC but jobs weren’t coming so I decided to go for NYSC. Two months later I was bored, I wanted to do something, I wanted to get involved in a charity project, raise funds for female prisoners etc but I had no funds myself, I was really broke then it dawned on me, I am a woman in my 20’s without a dime in my account I got no skills, my blog and vlog were just something I took as a hobby and haven’t been monetized, I was having a taste of the real world and I wasn’t ready for it.


No knowledge is a waste, nothing learnt can be unlearned, I thought for several days no one knows me here, there’s nothing to be ashamed of, I need to learn something my certificate hasn’t given me nothing but who knows what fashion designing might and so I decided, a decision I am so glad I made.


I met this young girl who sews, she’s someone I relate with very well, I begged her to teach me, she was shocked and asked if I was sure I said yes, she gave me her bill, imagine me I was so broke my mum had to send me part of it.


Two months into learning everyone who sees me in the shop thinks I have been there for a year, I am learning in an amazing manner, I never knew I could have passion for sewing, YouTube has become my second home, sewing groups have become family to me, I dream about sewing, I talk sewing, I am so enthusiastic about it and it makes me happy.


Dear women, there isn’t enough jobs for every graduate, you can learn a skill and create jobs for others, entrepreneurs are taking over the world, beauty will fade but having a skill will evolve, no man wants to spend on a woman who has nothing to offer except beauty, you need to bring more than sex into the game, we live in an evil world now, girls are being used please be careful.


I know how to farm; I want to go into cassava farming as soon as I can raise some funds, don’t be ashamed to work with your hands, don’t be ashamed to earn a honest living, nothing good comes easy, it takes time, hard work and patience, even if I don’t become a fashion designer tomorrow this is a skill I can never forget I can sew for my kids and husband even my mother.


Don’t tell me you’re an independent Woman, show me.

http://www.talk2bella.com/2017/07/why-every-nigerian-lady-must-learn-skill.html?m=1
 

Isabella Ibeji



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtNGmd8f1g

Lalasticlala

JeffreyJamez:
You can start by first learning how to use the Auto-focus​ function of your camera and then buy a premium editing software.

how do I go about getting a premium editing software?

JeffreyJamez:
So basically it's a recycled piece of crap!


BTW,misstechy I love the professional editing of your videos, Nice work there. ...unlike some people that will be showing us thier dirty nails and very poor visuals....kudos to you girl.

that's honestly what I love about her videos

sadly when it comes to tech I know nothing lol

can't wait for my videos to be that way

Nice Pants

I gotta admit those niipples are superb

to think one idiot hit her on purpose

so happy for her mehn

people have died thru less

Detrickypat:
Messi married yesterday, today, Kane proposed. Abeg wetin I dey wait for...? Okay, I get it, those guys no dey naija, and their president no be Buhari! Plus recession no reach their side! You see? I get good reasons to remain single at least till Buhari leaves Aso rock...

loool

better go marry

awwwwn lovely

holllup is that baby old enough to go on a boat Cruise? she's 5 months old

lefulefu:
i dont know wat she expects us to use her boobi for was expectin to see ikebe and now iyam disappointed

some men are all about the boobs lol

Unique

chai America land of opportunities

pikin never reach a month old them don de think of how to make dem future billionaires

endorsements everywhere, first magazine to get those children faces must pay millions of dollars, just to see pikin face, our celebrities try am no body even ansa dem, Angelina Jolie u see wetin u cause ba? No Lele

baba God bless our hustle abeg Amen, our children go enjoy pass as we enjoy from our parents Amen.

NwaAmaikpe:

loool
space booker

awwwwn
congrats dear