Why Nigerian graduates ‘re unemployed, by ACCA chief

Why Nigerian graduates ‘re unemployed, by ACCA chief

THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ (ACCA) Country Head, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Ademola, has given reasons why Nigerian graduates are unemployed.
Mrs. Ademola stated that based on demands from corporate organisations, it was discovered that some of the graduates write wrong curriculum vitae.
She said the graduates were still ignorant of their mistakes.
The country chief, who spoke at ACCA Nigeria November Summit last Wednesday in Abuja, said the summit was a platform to engage unemployed youths.
Mrs. Ademola said: “Basically, what they tell them is what they expect to see on their CV, how they expect it and how to write it, because some of these organisations look at the CVs. One of the reasons Nigerian students are not employable is because they probably have wrong CVs ever and they don’t understand it.
“ACCA has over 20,000 stakeholders, including students and members. Some are not graduates. I know that FirstBank Plc and some other banks hire them on internship basis pending when they finish and get engaged”.
She said the core value of ACCA was opportunity and accessibility, stressing that the event was organised as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to support all stakeholders.
The association, Mrs. Ademola added, had been in partnership with global and Nigerian employers of labour to reduce discrepancies arising from job agencies. Ademola stated that issues of engaging and sustaining qualified employees were major concerns to many corporate bodies, stressing that the ACCA would bridge the gap.