The Dean of the School of Business and Management Technology, Abia Mr Chris Ufomba, State Polytechnic, Aba, has urged the youth to learn to be self-employed.

Ufomba said in Aba, Abia, that the available jobs state last week in the country were being pursued by too many people and only self-employment would make them self-reliant.

He urged Nigerian youths, particularly the tertiary institution graduates, to change their attitudes toward white-collar jobs.

“If we have acquired skills in the university, we should use them to be manufacturers. Our youths should appreciate that white collar jobs are no longer there and should do things for themselves,” he said.

Ufomba urged the government to also create enabling business environment by providing the basic infrastructures such as good roads and constant power supply.

“By creating an enabling business environment, our youths can be gainfully employed. They will not be job seekers but rather employers of labour,” he said.

He blamed the fallen standard of education in the country on the spillover effects of so many things that had gone down in the country.

“I agree that the quality of education is going down in the country, it is a function of so many things that have gone down, even the quality of life has gone down in the country, Ufomba said.