Unemployment: Graduates smile to banks washing cars in Kaduna

Graduates have taken over most
car wash businesses in Kaduna metropolis
to end their endless search for formal jobs.
A correspondent who went round the city
reports that the operators were making
brisk business and smiling to the banks.
Julius Samba, a graduate of the University of
Maiduguri, who operates a car wash centre
at Poly Gate, said he ventured into the
business when he realised he was wasting
his “precious time searching for non
existing jobs”.
According to him, he washes as much as 25
cars on a good day and now makes
between N80,000 and N100,000 a month.
He said, “i would not go to work for anyone
if offered a job now, with 8 persons
working for me.”
Mr kelechi Humphrey, who graduated from
the University of Abuja in 2009 and now
runs a car washing outfit at Barnawa area
of the city, said he makes as much as N120,
000 a month.
He told NAN that he charges between N300
and N500 depending on the nature of the
car, and makes an average of N4000 daily.
Humphrey advised unemployed youths to
utilise their time positively, instead of
resorting to acts that would be inimical to
their future.
Mr John Vatt, a patron said his street was
bad and needed to wash his car before
going out everyday, and commended the
initiative of the youths in setting up car
wash businesses.
Another patron, Ahmed Usman, said car
wash washing centres were contributing
significantly to reducing unemployment and
urged the government to create a special
fund to support them. (NAN)