Nigeria’s rising retail, trade jobs not translating to economic growth

November 24, 2021

Although small-scale retail and trade activities are not lucrative, they are easy to start quickly in order to try and supplement household incomes.

New jobs created in the small-scale retail and trade sectors following the COVID-19 pandemic have not been productive with only a few yielding secure earnings, a recent World Bank report has said. The report titled ‘COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy’ noted that in Fe

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