How COVID-19 shaped Nigeria’s unemployment crisis in 5 numbers

The temporary jobs most Nigerians are engaging in are unlikely to offer secure pathways out of poverty.

Nigeria already faced a daunting challenge to create jobs for its teeming population before COVID-19 hit, but this has been worsened by the pandemic as many Nigerians are taking temporary jobs unable to lift them out of poverty. According to a recent report by the World Bank, Nigeria’s labour m

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