University of Lagos

Yeah.

University of Lagos, Jajal, B312.

That was my room.

I was making, so I created a concept called Jamwich.

you know, and after my training at the catering school, I started to, like, do, you know, small events here and there, birthday parties, you know, small weddings, you know, catered to, like, 50 people, 20 people, 30, some, maybe room, some of the students who want to have, like, their birthday parties in their hostel, they would hire me to provide, like, small chops, like, finger foods, mocktails, chapman, and things like that, and You know, we started to run the business and, you know, it was...

It was quite, like, I got a lot of support.

Shout out to students at the University of Lagos.

They gave me my biggest support, like, Unilag students.

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They had met at a conference in Abuja 12 years ago.

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You.

I mean, shout out to Unilag student.

I mean, they're always extra.

But they are, um-

I

remember I had a meeting in Lagos, one special meeting in Unilag.

We have one special meeting this Saturday.

I had one special meeting, Unilag.

I went, I laid hands on a lady.

I prayed for her.

He was speaking about the frustration of spending years searching for a job after graduating and feeling like all those years of education had led nowhere, and he wasn't alone.

Today, I'm going to be chatting with Titilayo Nwosu, a young unemployed graduate, Dr. Olunifesi Suraj from the University of Lagos, and Olamide Adeyeye, head of programs at Jobberman, a job search platform.

Welcome, everyone.

Welcome.

So me being single too doesn't even help that because they also feel like I'm going to get married soon, or I might get married before 30, I might have children, which is going to affect the job, and they need someone that is going to stay years in the job.

This is Focus on Africa from the BBC World Service.

[relaxing music] We continue our conversation on Nigeria's graduate unemployment crisis with 23-year-old Titilayo Nwosu, Dr. Suraj, a faculty member at the Department of Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, and Olamide Adeyeye, Country Head of Programs at Joboman Nigeria, a job search site.

But first, I have been hearing from some students from the University of Lagos on this issue.