In the last 8 years, having actively recruited interns, volunteers and staff for schools, NGOs and other business organisations. It was observed over time, the existence of a huge quality deficit in the average Nigerian graduate that makes them mostly unemployable.

It is this deficit that accounts for the now ubiquitous poor work ethics in the workplace.

As a researcher, I have moved beyond merely observing and have come to the inevitable conclusion that this problem is cancerous — and must be nipped in the bud, before it spreads any further.

This problem is not going to be attributed to a sole entity. Rather, will concentrate only on solutions one can facilitate – as a woman, mother, teacher, coach, consultant, and doctor of education management, to provide a remedy for this malaise.

In the coming months, I will work with carefully selected students in order to bring the change that we need, under the umbrella of the Vera James Fellowship.

Our goal is to work and walk with select secondary school leavers; build a network of them, guide, expose, and facilitate training programmes for them through their stay at the university and ultimately present an enviable group of excellent leaders in learning and character to the world.