“I thought finishing with good grades was all I needed. But everywhere I go, they tell me I don’t have the skills they’re looking for. It’s frustrating. If you don’t have practical skills now, your certificate is just paper.” Ayomide Oguns, a second-class upper graduate from one of Nigeria’s federal universities, speaks from experience. Two years after completing her economics degree, she remains unemployed. Sitting outside her family home on Oluwole Street in Pako-Bariga, she offers blunt advice. “During your NYSC year,” she says, “learn