My country people! Really time wait for nobody. Many of us here get skills but Lack the courage to work towards am.
OP I like the topic but I think I will disagree with you on this, when you said the skill but lack courage to work on it, if I may ask
what kind of skills are you referring to?, is it self employ skills or industrial skills? If is self employ skills how can you put your skill to work when you are financially unstable because there are people whom the kind of skills they acquire can take up to a millions plus to set up the workshop so how do you expect someone who could barely have three square meal a day to get up to a million naira plus to start up a workshop and also when we talk about industrial skills we are Reffering to the skills that can only be put to work or practice in an industrial or construction company and we no how difficult it is on getting a job from oil companies and even if there is job advert that includes your skill they will need five years of working experience so how could someone applied when they don't have such years of experience, so there are people who has different skills but we're not giving the opportunity to showcase there talent so can we blame such person for not trying?.
Thank you I like your comment wether na self employment skills or industrial skill, it must no necessarily be a skill you wey you go get millions before you start. Make we take for example say you learn barbing or electrical work or fashion and designing, no necessarily mean say you must open a shop wey go take you like #1m before you start you go need to go find were you go attach yourself sothat the little small small money wey you ft dey save you fit use am start small shop. From there you start to get customer from there people don dey sabi you. Gradualy your shop don dey full rather Dan expentin money from people before you start.
Then as for the industrial work I no say to get the work day hard especially when you get big skill. But if you get luck see one, try invest because company work no be your papa work. No be say you go just dey move from company to company dey say I be welder I be fitter or I be crane operator were you know say those company work no dey last
Human being will always find a reason for excuses.in my local government there is a skill aquisition program/training after completion Dem go give them equipment to Star there own business, guest what? Dem sell the equipment cary d money do wetting Dem like. And the purpose of the skill became void.
Example of skills and equipment given:
Fashion and designing===sewing/embroiding machine and some other items were given to them
Interior decorations and catering°=== dip freezer, blender, baking utensils,plastic chairs/table gas cylinder and four mouth electric cooker plus pay off.
Welding and fabrication==welding/grinding machine, welding tounge, bench vice and all plus pay off.
And many other skill unmentioned. What did dey do dey sold them and are still looking for another opportunity.