Are Nigerians blind
spectators? Now, the clouds are gathering but no one is watching. With millions
and millions of school aged children roaming the streets in the name of
Almajiris in the North or those hawking pure water on the streets in the south. With our higher institutions opening their gates yearly to release thousands and thousands of half baked graduates into the over crowded labour market without any corresponding efforts from by the government to provide jobs for these youths; we are definitely sitting on a timed bomb because, with a population that is growing at a geometric rather than arithmetic progression, have we ever imagined who or the type of citizens that these million children will become in the years to come if they grow up without education or skills? Have we ever imagined howNigeria
will be like if these graduates continue roaming the streets for years without
being gainfully employed? Your guess is as good as mine.
Almajiris in the North or those hawking pure water on the streets in the south. With our higher institutions opening their gates yearly to release thousands and thousands of half baked graduates into the over crowded labour market without any corresponding efforts from by the government to provide jobs for these youths; we are definitely sitting on a timed bomb because, with a population that is growing at a geometric rather than arithmetic progression, have we ever imagined who or the type of citizens that these million children will become in the years to come if they grow up without education or skills? Have we ever imagined how
Written by Justice
Agan
@Aganjustice
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