And while many of us aren’t even over this teaching idea, a civil society organisation, Buhari Youth Organisation, believes the NYSC service year should be devoted to farming.
According to their spokesman, Abdul-Waheed Odunuga, the NYSC scheme needs to restructured so that graduates can help boost Nigeria’s agricultural sector during their service year.
He suggested the state and federal governments create farms where graduates can learn agriculture and farm while serving the country.
Instead of them to suggest realistic solutions to the unemployment problem in Nigeria, they’re talking about farming.
Anyway, the corpers can kuku use the farming as an excuse to join fitfam, muscle cannot waste.
Or they could just start one farm in their backyard, don’t say we don’t do anything for you guys.
In this age where graduates of developed countries are making ground-breaking discoveries, some people still believe Nigerian graduates would be better off learning a trade.
Nigeria will only keep up with the rest of the world if opportunities can be provided for its citizens to improve the failing sectors in the country.
Hard-working with a passion for telling African stories, the award-winning Didi Akinyulere launched her career in the financial sector in 2011 after graduating from University of Nottingham.
She moved to journalism in 2013 when she joined the Lagos branch of CNBC and is currently the producer and presenter of a business show, Open Exchange West Africa.
Following the sudden death of Ghanaian BBC World New presenter, Komla Dumor, in 2014, an annual award was set aside in her memory. And this year, Didi is the second journalist to be honored with the award.
As part of the award prize, Didi will join the BBC team in London for a 3-month placement in September where she’ll attend a course with the BBC Academy.
This prize also comes with an additional opportunity for her to travel to a country in Africa with a top BBC producer to report on a story targeted at the global audience.
One of the judges of the panel, BBC Africa’s Josephine Hazeley, described Didi as excellent in telling business stories and the right candidate for the award.
Didi is proof that Nigerian journalism will only keep getting better. We’re so proud of her!
1. You, turning up on the last Sunday thanksgiving service:
Turn up for Jesus.
2. How you wake up on your graduation day:
FINALLY!
3. When you see that lecturer that said you wouldn’t graduate.
Twerk on them haters.
4. You and your crew, stepping out in your graduation kacks like:
As bad guys.
5. When you have to cover it up with your ugly graduation gown.
Why na?
6. When people ask you what CGPA you graduated with.
Have I not graduated ni?
7. You, giving your parents your certificate after they forced you to do Engineering:
Shebi you’re happy now?
8. When your course mates are crying and hugging each other and you’re just there like:
Do and go abeg.
9. When your parents invite the whole street to your graduation ceremony.
HAY GOD!
10. The unofficial Nigerian graduation picture:
This pose is a must.
11. When you wake up the day after and you realise you don’t have to go to school.
BEST!
12. When you ask your father for money and he reminds you that you’re a graduate.
Ah! Is it like that?
13. When you haven’t finished enjoying freedom and they bring up masters.
CAN I REST THOUGH?
14. When you suddenly have to start worrying about NYSC posting.
What is it sef?
15. When you remember that you’ll soon have to get a real job.
I’m not ready to start adulting.
1. When you don’t want to go out but you hear “free food”.
My body is ready.
2. When you go for a buffet and someone tries to enter your front.
Better respect yourself.
3. When your mother starts doubting your stomach.
4. When the person serving food at the owambe keeps passing you.
See my life.
5. When the caterer tries to block your blessing.
Better face your front.
6. Your plate at every owambe:
Can’t dull it.
7. When you follow your friend to a fancy restaurant and you see the tiny portions.
Am I a goat?
8. When there is still flesh on your bone and your waiter tries to clear your plate.
You want to die, ba?
9. When someone wants to take you on a date that doesn’t involve food.
Are we in the abroad?
10. Your monthly food budget:
Food is the most important, abeg.
11. When you buy take-away but finish the food before you get home.
Don’t judge me.
12. When your friend says you spend too much money on food.
Four of the most beautiful Nigerian celebrities, Beverly Naya, Mocheddah, Adesua Etomi and Sika Osei, covered the latest edition of Genevieve Magazine.
See how they’re all shining and popping.
But in spite of how empowering this cover looks with all the slayage, the quotes on this picture couldn’t be more disappointing.
And for a magazine that claims to be women-oriented, the quotes on this cover are a bit of a let-down .
It’s even more disappointing because most of us thought a cover like this would feature quotes on the things women face in the Nigerian entertainment industry.
When a magazine puts ‘Fearlessly Female’ and quotes that bring women down on the same page.
Some Nigerians aren’t pleased with this cover sha.
Did she think we won’t notice a whole Michelle Obama’s speech?
Even though some people need serious cane for this kind of disgrace…
Those of you that are copying our Zikoko posts and using them to shine shouldn’t chook mouth. We see you!
Finally, we can all now get a red passport!
For the record, it’s a pan-African passport which was launched on July 17 during the 27th African Union Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.
However, the first recipients of this passport were Idriss Deby, who is the Chairperson of the African Union and President of Chad, and Rwandan President, Paul Kagame.
The passport was launched in an effort to promote opening of borders and more efficient trans-African relations.
According to officials of the AU, the passport will be available in 5 languages including French, English and Swahili and will also have high security features.
By 2018, the passport will be available to citizens of the 54 member-countries of the African Union except Morocco, which left the Union in 1984.
Some Africans couldn’t be more thrilled at this development.
