Nigeria unemployment could hit 40% by year-end

September 21, 2021

Unemployment and investment nexus in Nigeria

Available jobs are not enough to accommodate the labour force

Nigeria’s unemployment rate is projected to increase to 40 percent by the end of 2021, according to Doyin Salami, chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). This warning appears dire considering that the current unemployment rate put at 33.3 percent by the National Bureau of

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