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Entrepreneur Tasks Youth On Skills Acquisition
An entrepreneur, Mr
Bright Jaja, has advised youths to discover and sharpen their skills in order to become self-reliant and be able to contribute meaningfully to national development.
Jaja, the founder of iCreate Africa, gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja, at a skills acquisition programme organised by the organisation in partnership with El-Amin International School.
“It is okay to have normal schooling education but now that doesn’t sell anymore.
“ People that have master’s degrees and PhD do not have jobs, they need skills.
“Skill is the next phase of our youths. That is all we have.
“When you find out that thing you want to do, then learn, listen, do your research, understand what it is, get that knowledge.
“Once you have that knowledge then you go out there and start showing people what you can do.
“There are millions of ideas, so many things to do. So many things people have not even come out with yet.
“ But people want to make quick money, they don’t want to work, they do not want to learn, it is hard for them to read a book or sit down
and get some kind of information.
“They just want to sit down and wait for money to come and fall on their laps which is impossible. Everything needs work.
“So people need to get to that point when they need to start getting knowledge and skill and putting it out there and then making money.’’
Jaja said that lack of funds should not be a hindrance to developing skills adding that many youths use that as excuse for their failures.
“Starting up something is different from knowing how to do something.
“You need finance to start a business but you do not necessarily need finance to know how to do something.