How Agriculture Cooperatives and Smart Farming, Can Solve Graduate Unemployment In Nigeria (Part 1)
Recent figures form the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that unemployment increased in Nigeria by 1.5 million to stand at 13.9% with youth unemployment at 25% percent. In real numbers, this translates to 11.2 million Nigerians are unemployed as at the end of 2016. Majority of these are graduates, who continue to roam the streets for jobs after many toils to obtain a degree. Whereas the government and private sectors continue to say they are doing their best, there seem to be no end in sight to youth unemployment in Nigeria. This articles focuses on how young graduates can help themselves through agricultural cooperatives integrated with smart farming to liberate themselves from the shackles of unemployment. Cooperatives are known to many as an association of people with similar interests, and rightly so. But this same concept is the reason many people neglect it or consider it as something for rural dwellers or market women and farmers. Again due to the limited know