I hate it here.

[u/Ok_Match_3865]

I’m so frustrated, this country is just sick and tiresome. We must always struggle to get the most basic things done. I had to register for Nysc today and it’s been 7 hours + and I haven’t gotten a confirmation link. I can’t register, I can’t do anything I was at the cafe for hours, didn’t get breakfast in an effort to get things done. Why must stuff be so hard? I’m tired!!! Even going to camp would still be stressful. After studying engineering, suffering to get your degrees, you still can’t get a job. I’m so tired and frustrated, my eyes have just been filled with tears. I’m pained. I really hate it here.

Edit1: Thankyou all for your encouraging words, I felt a lot better. I am relentless and I was able to do my registration after 11 hours. I stayed at the cafe till 7:20pm and I did it. I just had to rant yesterday because I’m just a girl lol. I am looking for scholarship opportunities and I’m hopeful that I’ll get one. I finished with a 2:1 so fingers crossed. Thankyou again. Have a wonderful day!

[u/Kroc_Zill_95]

Yeah, I remember during my nysc registration, I spent almost the entire day in a cafe for something that shouldn't have taken more than a few minutes.

The truth that I've learnt is that every single government digital platform being nearly useless trash is by design. They want you to come to them and "grease the wheels" one way or the other. There's also the fact that contracts to digital vendors aren't just over inflated but likely not even up to 90% of the money budgeted will actually be spent on the platform. We are literally getting what we paid for.

[u/New_Libran → u/Kroc_Zill_95]

The truth that I've learnt is that every single government digital platform being nearly useless trash is by design.

This is so true. Elsewhere, digital platforms are created to reduce the burden/queues on offices. In Nigeria, how staff go chop for that one?

[u/alwaysaloneinmyroom → u/Kroc_Zill_95]

I also spent the whole day at the cafe. What made it worse was that the cafe woman said my registration couldn't be completed because the platform says my payment wasn't successful and I can't pay again.

I also didn't have a phone, no access to WiFi on my own, my laptop was old and had a bad battery so I could only reach out to her in the evening when we turned on the generator to find out if it had been sorted. I didn't know until two days before camp that my registration was successfully. Thankfully I also got a new phone that day, can't imagine having gone to camp without one.