"This Made Me Cry": Dele Momodu Reacts to Video of Nigerian Graduate Burning His Certificates

• A Nigerian graduate, Olutimain Alvin Lanre, has burnt all his certificates because of 13 years of joblessness after school
• The graduate of Ajayi Crowther University said his certificates have been useless to him since he graduated
• A former PDP presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, reacted to the trending video, saying it was sad and made him cry

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5-year-experience covering metro and government policy.

The director of strategic communications for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, has described the case of a Nigerian graduate, Olutimain Alvin Lanre, who burnt his certificates as sad.

Momodu said it made him cry to see a graduate burn his credentials.

The graduate of Ajayi Crowther University said he left school 13 years ago in 2010, and all the jobs he had gotten needed no certificate.

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He explained that he jostles for jobs with non-graduates and asked a friend who was not a graduate to help him get a job.

Olutimain burnt his university certificate, primary school certificate, NYSC certificate, JAMB results and more.

He urged Nigerian youths to learn other skills aside from going to university to get degrees.

In an Instagram post, Momodu wrote:

"This made me cry... SAD."

Nigerians react as graduate burns all his certificates

kalabaru:

"He is absolutely correct. Learn a hand skill. That's key to succeed. Those that believe in hand work come and like this post."

yeye_oluwatosin:

"Do I blame him in a country where agbero dey live for Ikoyi, living the life of luxury and graduates had to beg them for job…awon ore omo prezdent ilu wa. He shouldn’t have gotten to this though."

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holastone:

"That is just a certified paper. The original certificate is in us as a person, your ability to use your senses well is your certificate."

mr_above147:

"The frustration and situation of this country reach to burn certificate jarey."

Graduate burns all his certificates

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that an angry Nigerian man set all his school certificates -- from primary school to university -- ablaze.

In a trending video, the frustrated young man said his school certificates have been useless to him since he graduated.

Olutimain graduated and did his National Youth Service Corps in 2013. Lanre lamented that all the jobs he had been able to do since his graduation were those meant for illiterates, rendering his certificates useless.

Source: Legit.ng