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Olutimain Ilenre was not the first person that had burnt his degree certificate for lack of job in Nigeria, there were numerous graduates that had done similar for similar reasons, nationally and internationally. ....
With 159 number of polytechnics in Nigeria and 264 universities in the country the equation of unemployment must go higher than employment. Skills can prepare Nigerian polytechnic graduates to secure jobs beyond the country. They will travel to outside nations with pride and fat salary as skills workers. The criteria of employment in the developed nations is "show them what you can do practically" not what the expensive grades on degree certificate. ....
That said, Olutimain’s act of self-destruction should serve as a wake-up call to the powers that be. The current education system is long overdue for review. Let us revive our technical schools. In 1952, there were three technical institutions located at Yaba, Enugu, and Kaduna, along with seven trade centres and eighteen handicraft centres scattered across the country. ....