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?.
In as much as this your opinion make sense but e get some part wey no too go well make I address am with my own idea. First of all to get skills is the most important thing we dey talk about here, e dey very important say make everybody try get skills weda na industrial or culinary or technical, get skill first, no dey wait till millions come before you come say you want go get skill.
After you don get skills, if money no dey to fund am, enter street find small hustle dey do den from dia you fit see small small money dey save up as person wey get dream to build up him skill, no go dey wait for house dey say money no dey to fund your skill, because no body sef go wan give out millions just like dat say make you use am go start up your own business except dem know say dem go benefit from that your business and dem go always wan collect the big share. So help your self start small even if na business wey require millions to start, yo first hustle out dia for street gather small thing then from dia you fit ask for help, dat way e go dey easier for pipo to help you. Another way to use raise funds na to go find grants, agencies dey wey dey give grant if them see say you get the skill and you qualify very well dem go give u, dem no need 200yrs of experience just show dem sample of wetin you fit do den dem go fit help you with start up capital. Investors na another option, e get pipol wey get money wey you fit know, tell dem your idea if dem dey interested u start den after a certain period of time you go gain independence, this na d few I fit share now but plenty opportunity dey so if you get skills my people you no get excuse why you no dey work dey make money.