Biochemistry graduate wracked with regret as she ends up as a papaya vendor

A Nigerian woman with a biochemistry degree has expressed regret over her current career as a pap (fermented cereal pudding) vendor, despite investing years in university education and paying substantial tuition fees.

In a TikTok video, she shared her experience of preparing pap, with a caption saying, “If I had known I would end up as a pap vendor, I wouldn’t have wasted money studying biochemistry in school. I would have used the money to establish myself.”

She reflected that if she had foreseen her present situation, she would have used her resources differently, implying that the return on her degree didn’t match her expectations.

The video garnered widespread attention, with many viewers commenting and sharing their opinions about her circumstances, sparking conversations about the value of higher education in the current economic climate.

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Reacting to the post…

@Nizzy🦅: “If I know say na garri I go dey sell I for no waste time study microbiology.”

@cherish bella 23: “na still d same thing.biopap business handle of someone that went to school and someone that didn’t go can never be d same. keep it up.”

@Raji Omobolanle: “final year biochemistry student Awa heartbeat of medicine God abeg.”

@Yemmy_ayanfe: “Pap vendor wey no go school no go do am like this. Your education was not a waste o.”

@anthony: “Extraction of amino acid from organic grown seeds using the fermentation process and ultrafiltration method..”

@useQueenosas: “u see that course biochemistry my dear e no go better for am.”

@Edna Chinyere modos: “me political science na shop keeper I dey do now.”

@Arike: “I will be signing out next month studying Biochemistry and TikTok is asking how I feel about this video I no even know weytin to talk💔.”

@aishamash6: “I keep telling my brother that’s good in buisness to leave university and venture into it.”