JOBLESS NIGERIAN GRADUATES INAUGURATE ONLINE ASSOCIATION

Fellow Nigerian graduates against unemployment in Nigeria, we appreciate you all for your support and positive contributions thus far. Infact, we celebrate YOU. You are the proverbial inevitable mustard seed the holy book so eloquently talks about. Thank you all for knowing the way, going the way and showing the way. The story will be told tomorrow of how you gave your all for today's national reconstruction.

.... And The Journey begins
Together We Can!
Olagunju Isaac.

Below is the extract of the interview granted punch newspapers on page 17. September 27,2013 vol 17 No 20 499

Some Nigerians youths have formed a group online with a view to tackling joblessness in the country. On the Facebook page of the group known as the National Association of Unemployed Graduates, the youths said the initiative was set up to solve the problem of unemployment in Nigeria. The move, they added, was to "cleanse the country of the virus called unemployment" by holding government at all levels accountable.

A message on the group's Facebook page said their coming together became imperative as the menace of "unemployment is eating us up like a viral disease." 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 Thursday are 801 in number, OCB rechecked this morning we are 1, 248 members and still counting. 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

He noted that while the group will be engaging the government on the provision of employment
opportunities and enabling environment, it would also be liaising with corporate bodies and relevant government agencies with a view to mentoring them to becoming successful entrepreneurs.

Abuya said, "Besides the issues of unemployment, we will be making our voices heard against underemployment and contract staffing by various corporate bodies which is now the order of the day.

"The association has been receiving widespread acceptance as some Nigerian youths who left the country, due to hardship and unemployment, have called me to laud the initiative. That is why I appreciate the advantages, which the advent of social media brought to our generation. This wouldn't have been possible without the new media."

Source: www.punchng.com/i-punch/jobless-nigerian-graduates-inaugurate-online-association/

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