It is no longer news to the world and especially to nigerians, the rate and vigour with which corruption in its different forms has invaded every facet of Nigeria's institutions. It seems to have become part of the genetic composition of most nigerians if not all.


An aspect that inevitably affect youth development and empowerment is worth discussing:

1) Collection of mandatory levy from applicants --- this usually happens before the submission of applications for job interview, jobs that the applicant is not sure he/she will get.

While the present government is planning to alleviate poverty by paying the unemployed youth some token for their upkeep, these employers - so called government workers and heads of institutions - set up their own wicked strategies to impoverish the already poor and unemployed youth by collecting huge sums from them b4 allowing them to sit for job interviews.

Just last year, UCTH collected N5000 from newly graduated doctors for their interview. The same yr UNILORIN Teaching Hospital collected the same amount for the same reason of job interview. Many other hospitals did the same. Currently, Ekiti State Teaching Hospital is collecting N5000 (being the price of the application form) from these newly graduated medical doctors. Bear in mind that these fresh doctors have to do their one year mandatory internship programme. They have temporary licences and must do this within a limited time. They are entirely on their own and must compete with one another and with doctors trained abroad for the few placements available in the qualified hospitals.

These graduates will not only pay the mandatory fee, but will also transport themselves to the various venues of these interviews, lodge in hotels etc. Where will they get funding from? They are poor and are not yet working. Why do these MDs and CMDs, want to further impoverish the already poor young graduates before giving them their rightful placements? Is it what the Federal Government asked them to do? These question demand urgent answers!


2) The epidemic of IM (ima mmadu OR to know somebody) in Nigerian employment system:

Merit is no longer recognised in the Nigerian employment system. After paying a heavy application fee, working hard to pass an the interview, you still are not sure of getting the job unless you know somebody or somebody who know somebody within the institution who can secure the job for you. For example, how can the best graduating student of a renown college of medicine go for interview at FMC Asaba & not even one of the best ten graduating students got a place there. You have to know some body b4 u can get a job. those that don't know any body are automatically hopeless.

How can you explain the fact that someone re-sitting his final exams (ie he has not yet graduated, has no license and can't apply for internship) nevertheless participates in the job interview organized by his alma mater and gets a placement ahead of those that have graduated.

The situation is really discouraging hard work among youths, since hard work is no longer recognised. NAUTH has been delaying the list of succesful candidates, presumably because of the same reasons.


3) Buying of placements:

Here, the employer will collect application fees, conduct interviews, cast all the result of the interview into the waste paper basket and then commence the phase of auctioning the placements. Huge sums are unofficially/covertly collected from the employee before employing them. In UNTH and ESUTH, many have had to pay N150,000 and above before they could get house job. Is this part of the Youth Empowerment Programme?


4) Ghost workers in Nigerian employment system:

This particularly refers to a situation where an institution accredited to employ for instance 200 workers, decides to employ about 150. It then takes appropriate measures to secure the salary of the other 50 for the boss' pocket.

Ghost workers exist almost everywhere in Nigerian institutions. Take the case UNTH that is accredited to employ/train 160 house officers, but only employs about 140.

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I think say Doctors no dey look for work? Gets employed ASAP after graduation.

Don't get it wrong. They still look for job like every other graduate. Nigeria actually needs a lot of doctors, but there are not many institution to absorb them. Most end up in private hospitals where pay are most often less than 100k/month. That is why they all struggle to get civil service jobs since there are opportunities for career growth and better wages in government establishments.

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I have heard of doctors been paid 50k on a private hospital. This country is in a mess

I thought the issue of ghost workers had been fixed two administrations ago? Nigeria o.

OP sorry about the issue, it's the same regarding any other profession. The good thing one should focus on is a medical certificate guarantees you a job no matter where you find yourself in the world.

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those that die from RTA on top say dem dey hustle residency nko...well not just medical sector bro...9ja life generally...i mean, look at the Lil kesh vs ' what's his name sef... ...dat Don Jazzy guyman', what will u now say for that one

What about d residency thing, it's crazy. A tertiary hospital will refuse to employ residents for 4 yrs while d colleges ie National and west Africa keeps passing people in primaries, there are drs but none to be employed to take care of patients in teaching hospitals, our cmds prefer to pocket allocation from fg