{"id":7110,"date":"2025-04-06T09:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T09:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110"},"modified":"2025-04-06T10:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:09:14","slug":"graduate-burns-nysc-degree-certificates-over-horrible-5-9-job-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110","title":{"rendered":"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nigerian graduate has sparked intense conversation online after burning his university degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate out of frustration with the country\u2019s job market and struggles.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video circulating on social media, the unidentified young man narrated how he spent seven years in the university, only to graduate with a second class lower, scoring a 3.4 GPA\u2014just shy of the 3.5 required for a second class upper.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, the disappointment of narrowly missing a higher classification left him feeling perpetually unlucky. He had always dreamed of becoming a singer, but when the&nbsp;music path didn\u2019t yield results, he turned to the corporate world in hopes of finding stability.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, his breaking point came during a recent&nbsp;job interview where he was offered a salary of \u20a695,000. He lamented that \u20a660,000 of it would be spent on transportation alone each month, leaving him with little to survive on.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a fit of anger and despair, he set fire to his academic and NYSC certificates, declaring his frustration with the state of the country and his circumstances.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nigerian graduate has sparked intense conversation online after burning his university degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate out of frustration with the country\u2019s job market and struggles. In a video circulating on social media, the unidentified young man narrated how he spent seven years in the university, only to graduate with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v24.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons - Moon Ray News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Nigerian graduate has sparked intense conversation online after burning his university degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate out of frustration with the country\u2019s job market and struggles. In a video circulating on social media, the unidentified young man narrated how he spent seven years in the university, only to graduate with a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moon Ray News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-06T09:18:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-06T10:09:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Online Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Online Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110\",\"name\":\"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons - Moon Ray News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-06T09:18:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-06T10:09:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a32838fdffd6e8f96ecad7d48449cff6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Moon Ray News\",\"description\":\"...in view of restructuring.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a32838fdffd6e8f96ecad7d48449cff6\",\"name\":\"Online Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8884e1ba8bd630f2bc99a7de9548ca4a?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8884e1ba8bd630f2bc99a7de9548ca4a?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Online Editor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons - Moon Ray News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons","og_description":"A Nigerian graduate has sparked intense conversation online after burning his university degree and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate out of frustration with the country\u2019s job market and struggles. In a video circulating on social media, the unidentified young man narrated how he spent seven years in the university, only to graduate with a","og_url":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110","og_site_name":"Moon Ray News","article_published_time":"2025-04-06T09:18:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-06T10:09:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Online Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Online Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110","url":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110","name":"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons - Moon Ray News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2025-04-06T09:18:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-06T10:09:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a32838fdffd6e8f96ecad7d48449cff6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/utlgkchv-m-1200x600.jpg.webp","width":1200,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=7110#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet Graduate Who Burnt His NYSC, Degree Certificate \u2013 Gives Reasons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/","name":"Moon Ray News","description":"...in view of restructuring.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a32838fdffd6e8f96ecad7d48449cff6","name":"Online Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8884e1ba8bd630f2bc99a7de9548ca4a?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8884e1ba8bd630f2bc99a7de9548ca4a?s=96&r=g","caption":"Online Editor"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/moonraynews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7110"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7115,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7110\/revisions\/7115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}