There are questions to be asked, however. Would this situation lead to dependence on government welfare? Does Nigeria generate sufficient income on taxes and crude oil sales to fund this or would the private sector businesses and working class Nigerians shoulder the burden of these payments? Can the government prevent fraud in identifying legitimate unemployed graduates?

More importantly – are there better solutions? There are state resources that are not being developed by the federal government that has a constitutional monopoly hold on such resources; can states be allowed to seek local and international investments to develop these resources? There are opportunities at the local level but the local governments are being treated as though they don’t exist. If local governments were allowed to function they’d need good managers, accountants, auditors, town planners, etc., and these would generate employment and more effective service provision to the people.