{"id":133304,"date":"2015-07-10T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=133304"},"modified":"2015-07-11T00:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T00:04:38","slug":"accras-taxi-driver-with-a-coventry-uni-masters-degree-targets-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/accras-taxi-driver-with-a-coventry-uni-masters-degree-targets-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra’s taxi driver with a Coventry Uni. Masters degree; targets PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"
Driving a taxi in the streets of Accra is not an option a typical Ghanaian Masters Degree holder from a respected UK based Coventry University would choose, after looking for a job for months.<\/p>\n
He returned from the UK, full of hope, with a degree in\u00a0Oil and Gas Management hoping to grab a good paying job in Ghana’s budding oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n
Peter Seshi was a teacher but with the quest to upgrade himself, he applied to the University of Ghana to do a degree programme in Sociology after teaching for three years.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”lBGZjTlcfUYr3iqeLSVwKjYwHs7TlIfD”]After his first degree, he returned to the classroom to teach for a while until he got the opportunity to study at Coventry University for a year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came back on the 7th of December 2012 which was the day of the election,\u201d he told Traffic Avenue on Citi FM<\/strong> host, Jessica Opare Saforo.<\/p>\n He planned, but the country had other plans.<\/p>\n Peter searched for months, in and outside the oil and gas industry without any luck.<\/p>\n With over 20,000 unemployed graduates in the country\u00a0(according to the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research), Peter refused to be part of the statistics.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I came back, I had to look for a job. I went to all the Oil Companies, wrote applications here and there, you go and they tell you no vacancy; those who are a bit polite, they will acknowledge receipt but then you won\u2019t hear anything from them. You will do a follow up and still no vacancy,\u201d he narrated on\u00a0Traffic Avenue on Citi FM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n After an endless search in and out of the oil and gas sector, Peter settled on a plan many with his qualificiation would not take.<\/p>\n \u201c… I was unemployed and in the house but I had this car at home so I decided that while sitting around and doing nothing, why don\u2019t I get myself doing something to at least make some earns meet.\u00a0I decided to convert the car into a commercial vehicle. I went through all the processes, I sent the car to the mechanics, they sprayed it and I hit the road and started my work as a taxi driver.\u201d<\/p>\n