The job situation is hopeless just as hopeless as Nigeria’s future.
So persons wud say why wait on d govt to do all. Infact it shud be known that govt has an improtant and central role to play cos individuals can never do it alone without a great deal of govt’s involvement or commitment.

Afterall if govt’s intervention is not need as people with slogan go and set up your own while wait for govt should think why is it many private firms that should ve employed people gone out of business? The likes of Dunlop, Michelin and many others still struggling to remain in business. For example UNILEVER are doing most of their production in Ghana and some in Ivory Coast cos of lack of power.

Many of such ones thinks that running a small business in a small rented shop is small as big business although they face same threat.
Let us look at key areas such as provision of critical infrastructure, insecurity, insurance and tax policy among others.

Critical infrastructure: Lack of constant electricity has forced many to run on diesel or petrol driven generators which eats deep into ur profit that cud ve been used perharps to expand ur business and even employ more people. But rather such money wud be used to buy fuels which have gone up in prices and goes higher when scarce together with its attendant environmental implications like pollution and noise.

Good road network is an important aspext for the smooth movement of goods and personeel whose services are needed from one place to another but the Nigerian govt at all levels have continually failed to make good roads available. This has resulted in avoidable accidents with loss of lives and goods with losses in cash to business owners. Although reckless speed and traffic violations on d part of d drivers cant be ruled out as well.
I did my NYSC in a farming community that cultivates tomatoes but due to bad roads most of the vehicles gets broken down causing delay in time to get the products many of which wud rotten before it gets to its buyer/market miles away as well as loss in cash trying to fix broken down vehicles. No wonder the cost of transporting these products are high which wud also increase of d products where many of its buyers live on $1 or less.
Abi shey na individual go come build roads, if so what use is d govt, just to collect tax abi?
Rail systems as well as cargo airports wid have played a great role on easing the pressure on our roads but sadly Nigerian govt have no vision.

Insecurity: It is a major challenge as no one wud invest in a place where due to ethno-religious chaos all his investment cud go up in flames in just a moment. The north is a major example of this and that is why it is so hard to see major investments there. For example Guiness use to ve farms in Jos but cud never ever build a brewery there which wud ve been d wise thing to do cos indistries are often sited close to where it gets its raw materials.
Also, thefts, buglary, kidnapping has made companies invest so much in private security which many small firms cant afford. This scares potential investors.

JOB for 9ja iz base on MAN KNOW MAN... first class or no first class nothng concern me.

tayecrypto:
Start crypto business.....you can become a millionaire in less than a year if u know what you are doing.

Where money for crypto lol. It still boils down to getting a job first to raise money then invest

This is the kind of rubbish I was reading in university and when I knew getting a 2 2 was imperative I tried to commit suicide. Grades are freaking overrated. If you get bad grades it's even better for you, get into the streets and hustle.

generalbush:


Which method. If you don't have a skill, you are as good as ...... (I guess you know best)

Lol no one is useless. every human being has something they are good at, it comes natural. so you shouldn't be so quick to tell people to invest their time in learning fashion design, graphics design or some other skill just because they are finding it difficult to find a Job.

myrrtle:

Lol no one is useless. every human being has something they are good at, it comes natural. so you shouldn't be so quick to tell people to invest their time in learning fashion design, graphics design or some other skill just because they are finding it difficult to find a Job.

for the first time, I agree with you on something. It's as if you smoked the right type of weed today! Your head they there

myrrtle:

Lol no one is useless. every human being has something they are good at, it comes natural. so you shouldn't be so quick to tell people to invest their time in learning fashion design, graphics design or some other skill just because they are finding it difficult to find a Job.

lol. Alright, sorry, Sir. I withdraw my statement.

They should keep throwing CVs up and down... God will help us.

But I will still say "Learn something". Those who are good with what they can offer will get the job. (In most cases)

EVILFOREST:

U should have thought about this as a student before graduating...??
U should have imagined what NIGERIA would look like now while you were a student...?
U should have chosen your friends ab intio...
These are like the popular sayings....
"U can't eat your cake and still have it".
"No repentance in the Grave".
This also boils down to those, that will be getting married.......
MAKE SURE your FUTURE WIFE will be a value added treasure to you and not a VALUE ADDED TAX.
Leave big ass, figure eight, Brazilian demeanor.
Ladies know how to choose their husbands....

My suggestion to you is " commence DAMAGE CONTROL" now....

Most of you think you work harder than those those of us with a 2:2 or 3:3 while in school. You think you were smarter than us. But I think you are not smart enough to know that tertiary institutions is a place where competitions are set for different species of animals with their own peculiar limitations. You wouldn't know what some of us go through to even get to be in the same class with you. Yes, majority of those with lower grades definitely know about all these things you mentioned. But what are we to do when so many things arm twisted us to settling with what we have. Anyway, I have always said it that no fc can intimidate me simply because of his better grade. This is because I know the content of this 2:2 holder and I know for sure that having similar or even close the surrounding conditions of a fellow who had fc in my school days, I will replicate same or even do better. Please stop the stereotypical believe that 2:2 or 3:3 holders were lazy while in school or were less smarter than those who got better grades.

By the way, 80% of the questions in our tertiary schools' exams are past questions. That a person who did a thorough check of the past questions and got a better grade does not translate to having a better understanding of the subject matter than the rest of the students. In most Nigeria universities, one can easily cram his/her way to first class with the right environment. So, there Is no big deal in getting a first class my brother.

Please what is a degree?

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GuidoVanRossum:


Most of you think you work harder than those those of us with a 2:2 or 3:3 while in school. You think you were smarter than us. But I think you are not smart enough to know that tertiary institutions is a place where competitions are set for different species of animals with their own peculiar limitations. You wouldn't know what some of us go through to even get to be in the same class with you. Yes, majority of those with lower grades definitely know about all these things you mentioned. But what are we to do when so many things arm twisted us to settling with what we have. Anyway, I have always said it that no fc can intimidate me simply because of his better grade. This is because I know the content of this 2:2 holder and I know for sure that having similar or even close the surrounding conditions of a fellow who had fc in my school days, I will replicate same or even do better. Please stop the stereotypical believe that 2:2 or 3:3 holders were lazy while in school or were less smarter than those who got better grades.

By the way, 80% of the questions in our tertiary schools' exams are past questions. That a person who did a thorough check of the past questions and got a better grade does not translate to having a better understanding of the subject matter than the rest of the students. In most Nigeria universities, one can easily cram his/her way to first class with the right environment. So, there Is no big deal in getting a first class my brother.

You just made my day with this your write up.

I hv said this before and i will continue to say it; " making money in life has little or nothing to do with ur academic qualification, but how u r able to take advantage of d brain God gave u.
Orji uzor kalu is d richest Igbo man alive and has no degree he used his brain to solve challenges poised by life. I hv friends who r millionaire today not by their academic achievement but some took to farming others wre able to discover their selves and r living happily today.
A handful r struggling today because dey r a square peg in a round hole. I hv bin to an interview wre a 1st class graduate was not as smart and vocal as most of us who by academic standard wre not his equal. Bros we now live in a world wre packaging sells faster dan d content, u need to package urself, make sure u r current, dress and smell nice, look responsible and not liv ur hair like oritse femi to an interview or sag like an eternal child.
Like Rev. Jessy Jackson would say; in wat ever u do keep hope alive; for hope is a tool for change.

konny1:
Is not all about grade, but all about you.

I graduated with 2:2 and by the grace of God I'm earning more than first class.
Just prepare yourself for the labour market, don't give up and pray.
God will bless our hustle.

Congratulations on your 2:2.
It is not about how much you earn too but all about you.

.

elyte89:
Well I had 2.2 also five years ago,same fate happened to me in job searching,I searched for almost 2years,but mine was different during those searching period, cos I was having series of interviews unlike some second class/3rd class holders who wont even get invite at all!,in such a situation,deres no hope,in some
of interviews I had den, I would get to d last stage,b4 getting d regret mail,some its even 1st stage,d last interview I had was in 2015,I got to d last stage as well with oda 7 guys too,we all spoke to one of M.D,been part of d normal formalities, but to my greatest surprise I was among d three who WASNT called up again on Monday for documentation, after I was already fantasizing on aw my office would b


I got depressed anyway, like a normal human being and d zeal to search for jobs dropped drastically


But as GOD would av it,dere was anoda plan for me,


A neighbour of mine we grew up tgeda was into a legit online biz in WC he had introduced d biz to me earlier, but bin a believer oF WORKING with my BSC,I didn't take his offer serious den,later I just accepted his offer to join him cos I av always been passionate not to die of hunger



Fast forward to 2017 now,I knw my worth even a bsc holder can't boast of it,Alhamdulillah robil Alamin..what am into has nothing to do with bsc cert,in fact any certificate is not required


One of d problems I feel we have is DT,we av been made believe DT having a bsc/hndcert is a sure path to success,WC is very far from d truth,besydes no where in d scripture says DT having a bsc/HND cert automatically leads to a successful life.No.dere re so many businesses around us we don't attach meaning to it,and dis businesses re potential FORTUNE LIFE CHANGER,look inward beyond ur A4 CERTIFICATE called bsc /Hnd, and lay ur hands on it,with good plan,hardwork,prayer and luck..d sky is ur limit.

education might not be the road to success, BUT it is necessary...

Jkfc:
In response to this thread https://www.nairaland.com/4188975/open-letter-all-first-class

Dear Second Class and Third Class students,


It's sad that we had to graduate with that, I wish we can go on Facebook And Twitter and beg for jobs as the first class are doing now. But no, we have to struggle and apply for thousands of job with no hope of getting interview.
The challenge is, business right now in Nigeria is so difficult, all the major things that we can produce locally are being imported. Our economy is dwindling, importation business is expensive.

What can we do?
If the first class are begging for jobs, what about us?
Lalasticlal.a, how do we get the jobs?

If first class is begging for jobs in the company of a primary 4 dropout, then dt shld tell ur chicken brain dt we are in an era of sabificate no more certificate.

Vision2045:
What grade we graduate with is not what matters but what we have upstairs after all those years in the university.

Whats the essence of a first class in computer science that cant trouble shoot the smallest of computer problems.

Whats the justification of second class divsion graduate in mass communication that cant write a simple application letter.

whats the moral for a third class or pass graduate that cant spell basic words.

Its all in the mind, your head, your personality, your mentality.. why dont you be a first class graduate of solving human problems and see if you wont overcome those educational grade barriers.

MTN, Airtel, Globacom is what they are today becasue they are solving a problem (Communication) and it all started in the mind.
Dangote groups solves problem
Uber is solving problems

Think of a problem and solve and you will be what ever you dream to be.

oga forget that shit.. its takes money, capital to solve a problem

xxgig:
do you have a plans for Abuja Residents? Please quote me with your reply. Thanks

Yeap, next year. We will keep you informed. Thanks.

Michael004:
I currently put money on the billion coin over 5 months ago

lol....thebillion what? ..... oga forget that useless coin cuz it doesnt have any value at all.....

doubled123:
Sent you a direct message bro. Kindly reply

i did not recieve any message.... message me on whatsapp 08168314572

ThundrCork:


Where money for crypto lol. It still boils down to getting a job first to raise money then invest

i start crypto journey with $20 [#7000] last year.........you dont need millions before you start earning with cryptos

Its not about your grades, its about your skillset and what value you can offer an employer.

generalbush:
Lol... You used my thread for your own post.

All the same, even though I didn't graduate with 2.1 or 2.2, but I wish I can exchange my 1st class cert with so many things.

All you need do like I explained on the thread that Op is countering, is to learn a hot skill (ICT) in demand.

Then watch how you set yourself up real fast.

That is all I can say. The economy isn't smiling now and we have to act fast?!

If I have a first class, I wouldn't exchange it for a million. Why? Because it's my sweat , my effort and my trouble.
It will be the process I went through to the product.
Perhaps you didn't labour for yours, or you got it without stress.
But all the same, am currently not depending on a certificate, but the honours I have right now, whether it can't get me job or its worthless, I pride myself on it because it's the product of my work.
It shows I can be committed to something, and finish through with it. Even if it's not a first class, it's still a product of my effort.
This isn't supposed to be a counter thread, but an eye opener. We should stop depending on bachelors Honour but should also remember that the school didn't guarantee us jobs, but an "education", we should use it to work out our means of living how ever we like.
Brother, I love the honours I have.
Peac

KardinalZik:
Success isn't dependent on the class of degree you graduate with, the course you studied, or the school you attended.

What matters is GRACE, DETERMINATION, SKILL, WORKING SMART (NOT HARD), AND A BIT OF LUCK.

Well said,

Key into Heaven's economy.

In heaven, there is no lack.

generalbush:
Lol... You used my thread for your own post.

All the same, even though I didn't graduate with 2.1 or 2.2, but I wish I can exchange my 1st class cert with so many things.

All you need do like I explained on the thread that Op is countering, is to learn a hot skill (ICT) in demand.

Then watch how you set yourself up real fast.

That is all I can say. The economy isn't smiling now and we have to act fast?!

look at this one... are they free, it's a risk that's not worth taking cox there is no job guarantee after it

ayoxelee:



look at this one... are they free, it's a risk that's not worth taking cox there is no job guarantee after it

While others are taking the risk, sit down and be observing.

generalbush:


While others are taking the risk, sit down and be observing.

lol.... and how many of those taking d risk have actually nailed it, the truth is that it works for the lucky minority and not everybody taking the risk

ayoxelee:


lol.... and how many of those taking d risk have actually nailed it, the truth is that it works for the lucky minority and not everybody taking the risk

It has worked to 90%.

I have lots of testimonials to show you. So stop acting "Chicken little" and grab the bull by the horn.

2018 will be massive for those with ICT skills. So just relax dey observe. Lol. We dey look you.

generalbush:


It has worked to 90%.

I have lots of testimonials to show you. So stop acting "Chicken little" and grab the bull by the horn.

2018 will be massive for those with ICT skills. So just relax dey observe. Lol. We dey look you.

it has worked for 90% of the people u but all fingers are not equal, probably it's their calling. It has only work for 40% of the people I knw others are still oscillating between boom and recess while some are still as idle as always.

Jkfc:
In response to this thread https://www.nairaland.com/4188975/open-letter-all-first-class

Dear Second Class and Third Class students,


It's sad that we had to graduate with that, I wish we can go on Facebook And Twitter and beg for jobs as the first class are doing now. But no, we have to struggle and apply for thousands of job with no hope of getting interview.
The challenge is, business right now in Nigeria is so difficult, all the major things that we can produce locally are being imported. Our economy is dwindling, importation business is expensive.

What can we do?
If the first class are begging for jobs, what about us?
Lalasticlal.a, how do we get the jobs?

You are right bro but this is the best time we can make a discovery of oursleves the true nature we carry maximise our potential and bring a change to this nation and ourselves

Success is not exclusive to a particular location, so if Naija has given up on you because you made a 2.2 or 3rdy why waste precious time over thrash. Brace up yourself and embrace opportunities scattered everywhere outside the shores of Naija. Widen your horizons of opportunities, stop jonzing. Stay alive

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