Some Nigerian graduates have formed a group online with a view to tackling joblessness in the country.A message on the group’s Facebook page said their forming the association became imperative as the menace of “unemployment was biting hard.”
According to them, inspite of their various ethnic backgrounds, they are united in the fight against unemployment.
They lamented the situation where applicants who were merely trying to survive were forced to part with money to secure employment forms.
The youth, who hold regular discussions and chats on Facebook, Twitter and on an online forum, nairaland.com said they were determined to address the socio-economic imbalances for which the unemployed Nigerian graduates are victims.
Members of the association on Facebook as of yesterday were 801 in number.
One Amobi Omekwu, who is a member of the group in a post on the Facebook page said, “I’m not into this struggle because I want the government to employ me. No! I might never be a direct beneficiary of the benefits. I only see a society where there is need for education; a society that rewards hard work and education; a society where employers do not lay ambush and pay graduates stipends.
“A society where graduates are entrepreneurs by choice; a society where graduates are respected, where everybody feels a measure of joy because things have taken shape. That society is the New Nigeria. Let us all join hands in this struggle which is a collective effort.”
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