{
  "id": 10025827,
  "title": "Nigerian graduates not unemployable – UI Don declares",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/nigerian-graduates-not-unemployable-ui-don-declares",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T17:25:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/26/nigerian-graduates-not-unemployable-ui-don-declares/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Dean of Economics and Management Sciences at the University of Ibadan, Professor Surajudeen Bankole, has refuted claims that Nigerian graduates are unemployable. He emphasized that the notion of Nigerian graduates' unemployability is incorrect and that those graduates excelling abroad are often targeted as the reason for their perceived unemployability. Bankole made these remarks at the 2025 NextGen-Ideate cohort graduation, an event aimed at enhancing the skills of recent graduates at the institution. He argued that employers should increase their budgets, as the graduates' success abroad is a testament to their value and competence.",
  "summary": "A former Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences at University of Ibadan, Professor Surajudeen Bankole has declared that contrary to insinuations, Nigerian graduates are employable. Bankole, explained that the notion that Nigerian graduates are unemployable is not correct. He said that Nigerian graduates who many believe are not employable are the ones excelling […] Nigerian…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}