The Alarming Rise of Graduate Unemployment in Nigeria

[DYOR+BTC]

In Nigeria today unemployment is a common problem affecting the country,  not that there is no resource capable of providing employment opportunities but because this resource are not properly managed.
Another challenging reason is the presence of corrupt leadership system,  the leadership system in Nigeria today is the established just to be beneficial  to leaders and not for the creation of job opportunities that will help reduce unemployment in the country when they know every year thousands of graduates come out with hope of getting a job.

[gracreavix]

Nigeria problem has shifted to whether there's enough industry to absorb the growing number of graduates year in, year out. With the increasing numbers of graduates in the society and not enough companies to give them jobs, that's where the big problem lies.

Another problem might be the graduates are not fit for employment. That might be another factor.

Skills shouldn't only be digital we have:  agriculture, construction, electrical and so on.

[TrialBitcoin]

In Nigeria today unemployment is a common problem affecting the country,  not that there is no resource capable of providing employment opportunities but because this resource are not properly managed.
Another challenging reason is the presence of corrupt leadership system,  the leadership system in Nigeria today is the established just to be beneficial  to leaders and not for the creation of job opportunities that will help reduce unemployment in the country when they know every year thousands of graduates come out with hope of getting a job.

I agree with you. Nigeria has enough human and natural resources to create millions of jobs, but poor management, corruption, and weak policies continue to prevent these resources from being properly utilized. Every year, thousands of graduates enter the labour market, yet the number of available jobs remains far below the demand.

The government needs to focus more on creating an environment where businesses can grow, industries can thrive, and young people can develop useful skills. Job creation should be treated as a priority rather than something discussed only during political campaigns. Until leadership becomes more focused on building sustainable opportunities for citizens, unemployment will remain a serious challenge in Nigeria.

[Su-asa]

There are many graduates out there who are unemployed, and the situation is becoming alarming thesedays. A few days back, I heard a guy talking about unemployment in Nigeria, and he was like 'pesin go go school finish work self no go dey for ram', and that's the truth.
The government should look into this because I believe this same issue of unemployment is literally discouraging some people not to continue their education. Most people literally believe that it's even better if they use the money they keep for sponsoring their education and fly out of Nigeria will be much better.

[Dicee]

Tribalism is also one of the cause that makes Graduates not to have jobs. Even if there are job opportunities, most employers might employ only people from the same tribe,  or maybe his or her relatives sometimes not minding thier qualifications, and this has reduced the benefits of education, Nowadays you see a graduate with first class unemployed.  Most time its not all about the government not providing job opportunities,  its the employers who creates many of available jobs  opportunities.

[Justbillywitt]

• Should private sector involvement be strengthened to create more firms and job opportunities, while also supporting entrepreneurship?


yes the private sector need to be strengthened, to enable them create more job opportunities. The government alone can’t afford to provide jobs for all the citizens, so the private sector need to help out big time.

In a balanced economy both the private and public sectors are directly involved in job creation. The government needs to provide an enabling environment for the private sector to be able to do business without much hassles. If the private sectors are able to do businesses without much burdens from government, they can expand their operations thereby employing more workers and reducing unemployment.

• Can tribalism and favoritism in employment be reduced to ensure equal opportunities for all?


I don’t think this can be achieved in this country due to the peculiarities of our country. Even in government appointments of key officials, you can easily detect the tribalism and favoritism in those positions, they are never by merits. This thing has eaten deep in our system that it can’t be stopped.

[Qhunman]

In Nigeria today unemployment is a common problem affecting the country,  not that there is no resource capable of providing employment opportunities but because this resource are not properly managed.
Another challenging reason is the presence of corrupt leadership system,  the leadership system in Nigeria today is the established just to be beneficial  to leaders and not for the creation of job opportunities that will help reduce unemployment in the country when they know every year thousands of graduates come out with hope of getting a job.

Every nation faces unemployment issues and not only Nigeria but ours is much more higher. In every year, Nigeria produces thousands of graduates with a little chances to secure a well paid job. Some of our graduates aren't doing what they read in school at their places of work. We have a lot of them who are taxi, motorcycles drivers just to survive. so it's very painful when we see some of these people which after spending so much in school couldn't secure a decent paid job when they graduate. The government has failed us in this regard of employment. There are not creating enough jobs so that people who have graduated from the university, polytechnic and colleges can work and earn decent salaries. This is why it is important that you shouldn't sit down and wait for white collars because it can be frustrating sometimes.

[Salahmu]

There are many graduates out there who are unemployed, and the situation is becoming alarming thesedays. A few days back, I heard a guy talking about unemployment in Nigeria, and he was like 'pesin go go school finish work self no go dey for ram', and that's the truth.
The government should look into this because I believe this same issue of unemployment is literally discouraging some people not to continue their education. Most people literally believe that it's even better if they use the money they keep for sponsoring their education and fly out of Nigeria will be much better.

I no is very tiring and discouraging when a person will graduate with score that government and company was supposed to come look for you but you are not acknowledged in the society but however people just need to no that in anything that's happening in a country shouldn't be a reason of not pursuing what you want to become because some day Nigeria hardship because of corruption will become a story we would be telling, just like how we use to be seated by our parents to tell us the things that usually happen in the past, so actually if I hadn't gotten my degree before I wouldn't have let this lack of employment change my mind because government wouldn't define what I would be in the future.

[Promocodeudo]

This one no be new thing again na, I think say many of go don move on by now because of how e don turn out to be like this, make everybody try their best to survive because the men dem wey dey power now no send any pesin papa, their own na to loot and loot for their children and their children children and so on.
I no think say we suppose to the even talk about graduate unemployment again for naija because the number don dey outrageous, we suppose don loss count, me I know some people wey don graduate for more than 29years and also gone for their NYSC but no Job from anywhere, many has moved on to other things, some are doing great while some are still waiting for a dream that'll never come through if they don't work for it.

[Judith87403]

In the U.S, it's statistical that the private firms are the ones that employ the highest, at the end of the year, there are some token or grands given by the government to private firms to encourage them for what they are doing.  The government of Nigeria alone cannot handle the employment problem happening in Nigeria, the government really needs to partner and lobby private firms to help in this situation. But believe the kind leadership we have Are not really interested in human capital development, they are more concerned with politics and that is where we draw the lines, as issues concerning such level of development shouldn't be associated with political gymnastics.

You just said my mind, we depend too much on the government that is why we are facing this unemployment reality. We have a lot of billionaires in this country who can establish factories and industries and employ labor force but most of them channel their businesses to things that won't require enough labor force. They only answer billionaires but no impact on human capacity development. We should not lean on the government alone, there is a way that private organisations will even make employment and it will begin to affect the government because there will be scarcity of workers which can also make them to increase workers salaries. The billionaires will have in this country is even enough to reduce employment rate if they can channel their businesses on things that can aide human capital building. Let's move away from the government and see how things will change for good and the government will be the ones to be begging people to work for them.

[Spaceman1000$]

In the U.S, it's statistical that the private firms are the ones that employ the highest, at the end of the year, there are some token or grands given by the government to private firms to encourage them for what they are doing.  The government of Nigeria alone cannot handle the employment problem happening in Nigeria, the government really needs to partner and lobby private firms to help in this situation. But believe the kind leadership we have Are not really interested in human capital development, they are more concerned with politics and that is where we draw the lines, as issues concerning such level of development shouldn't be associated with political gymnastics.

You just said my mind, we depend too much on the government that is why we are facing this unemployment reality. We have a lot of billionaires in this country who can establish factories and industries and employ labor force but most of them channel their businesses to things that won't require enough labor force. They only answer billionaires but no impact on human capacity development. We should not lean on the government alone, there is a way that private organisations will even make employment and it will begin to affect the government because there will be scarcity of workers which can also make them to increase workers salaries. The billionaires will have in this country is even enough to reduce employment rate if they can channel their businesses on things that can aide human capital building. Let's move away from the government and see how things will change for good and the government will be the ones to be begging people to work for them.

Of course I agree with you to a large extent, the number of billionaires we have should be able to absorb the workforce significantly, Dangote refinery alone has employed over 3,000 workers, we are not talking about the cement factory and the sugar factory just the refinery alone. So if we have this much of billionaires this country, it should also reflect in our workforce. But there is a tricky thing about the Nigerian labour market, the employers of labor are quick to underpay the employees, so you will see over 100 staff in a particular company,  if you aggregate their entire salary in a month, is not even enough for them to actually sustain themselves as workers till the end of the the following month, so you see them working for the company without adequate compensation in terms of wages, the company on one hand ends up declaring profit in billions, while underpaying their workers.

[Sexylizzy2813]

OP from wetin you tok so u correct and na wetin many piple dey face now and e dey make me wonder wetin con be the need to dey go school finish go do masters finish go do this and that finish but at the end no job wey fit show say dis particular person go school read dis particular something for school, wetin be the point to go school? D earlier people realize say to go school na just to read write and speak and not to do all those things and get better job add am d earlier for dem oh, Nigeria no be am at all, as e dey so piple go complain tire.
Right from d 90's I don dey hear free education free education but yet my father dey pay school fees and everything nai I ask am, but dem say free education which means say everything na free but why we dey pay? My brother answer I get at that age sink so why them still dey use that line "free education" and piple dey comfortable with am as if na real? Eh? Make we forget say school go give us better job, the people wey e go favor out of 100% na only 5% or 10%, make the rest face life as e be. The country no fit compete with any country for Africa concerning this matter.

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