PhD holders cum truck drivers

The screaming headline “6 PhD holders, 704 Master’s degree holders apply for “DRIVER’s” job in Dangote group” was initially fascinating but later saddening for me. How can the bulk of our researchers desire to be drivers after all the time spent to get their degrees?

There is a catch however, the ownership of the truck would be transferred to any driver that completes 300,000 miles despite the fact that they would be on a 180,000 naira salary monthly. In Nigeria of today, that is a wonderful bargain. This picture depicted is good for an individual but what does it portend for the nation?

Should not the nation’s Educational institutions and policies be re-evaluated?

Is Education not becoming our opium like our religions and oil?

Is not it hi-time a framework is worked out to encourage industrialization?

We need to have more vocational schools and entrepreneurial skills needs to be taught in all schools. Small and medium scale industries need to be encouraged to spring up so that in no time, we export goods and services instead of importing.

I hope a turnaround is on the horizon!

Forced marriages(Nigeria)

The Nigerian society is very unique in her approach to Marriage/Wedding issues as opposed to the approach of better developed nations of the world. It is safe to say that, most women in Nigeria would stay unmarried till death if they had their way. The ‘society’ frowns at and views an unmarried lady as some kind of taboo.

The men are not left out in this imbroglio. The society dictates and everyone seems to want to please it and this same society deserts them in difficult times. Marriage in the “Nigerian” context is a legally recognized relationship, established by a civil or religious ceremony, between a man and a woman who intend to live together as sexual and domestic partners.

In the definition above, compatibility is not taken into cognizance. This is the order of the day in our nation. A spinster in her 30’s is abhorred by the society. As a matter of fact, she is seen as a failure. In a bid to satisfy the society, she jumps into the arms of a wrong man. The results of such marriages abound.

A lot of wives have been abused and even killed in their marital homes as a result of falling into a wrong marriage. Many marriages have collapsed as fast as they were tied because they were never meant to be in the first place. Marriages should be allowed to happen naturally and not forcefully.

It is common knowledge that the women are more affected by this malaise in Nigeria but it is hi time the scourge ended.