While growing up, it is common to see young men going to learn technical or vocational skills in Nigeria. They will become apprentices in mechanical, electrical, carpentry, plumbing, vulcanizing, and other skills. If you go to this workshop, you will see many youths there learning skills.
I don’t really know about your side, but for my side people still Dey learn hand work for my side ooo, most of the boys for my side, na since some Dey primary school na him e don Dey learn hand work, if you close from school, if reach house na to change cloth chop, you go enter road Dey go where you Dey learn work again, so before most of them finish secondary school, they go don sabi already, but even if some sabi work wey dem learn finish, they no go still establish, na how to get easy money dem go Dey find up and now, na how dem go get update for the yahoo wey dem Dey do, dem go Dey find.
You are correct because Nigeria is big and has so many areas with different conditions. Maybe in some places, the youths are still learning work, but in my area, the number is reducing drastically. Before now, you will see three to four apprentices, but this has changed. And you might be correct that many of them will abandon the skill they have acquired because they want easy money. Sometimes, I begin to wonder what will happen if most of these current artisans retire.