While Nigeria’s labour force grew by nearly four per cent between 2010 and 2017, jobs grew at a rate of just 1.6 per cent in the same period. For instance, in 2015, about 251,000 formal jobs were created whereas popular estimates showed that Nigerian universities produce 500,000 graduates annually. “If not for ASUU strike, by January, most universities would have churned out large crowd of graduates of over 15,000 per school. Once they leave the university, they are leaving with idea, which would be developed and transformed into creating jobs for themselves. That is why NECA is collaborating with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on Technical Skills Development Project (TSDP), where thousands of youths are empowered with technical skills, and at the end of the training, majority are employed by private companies yearly.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2019 02:03 UTC