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Despite calls by International Organisation and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Stakeholders to embrace TVET for sustainable livelihood and development, enrollment in TVET institutions in Nigeria and Africa at large is still very low. The purpose of this study is to find out what stakeholders can do differently to make TVET the first career choice in Africa. Three research questions and 3 hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study was TVET lecturers and administrators from TVET Institutions in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 100 TVET professionals comprising of 70 TVET lecturers and 30 TVET administrators. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire, the questionnaire was validated by 3 lecturers from Delta State University, Abraka. To ascertain the reliability of the instrument, Pearson Product Moment Correlation technique was used which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.67. Data were collected through the aid of 3 Research Assistants. Questionnaires were also sent to TVET professionals by the researcher through emails. Data collected were anaylsed using Mean for research questions. The findings revealed amongst others that, stakeholders such as Government, Industries, and TVET Institutions/Providers should improve the quality of TVET, as well as raise the awareness about TVET. Hence, it was recommended that TVET Stakeholders should work collectively to make TVET the first career choice in Nigeria and beyond.