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Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 33%, Second Highest in The World

Nigeria’s jobless rate has more than quadrupled over the last five years as the nation's economy went through two recessions.

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Unemployment in Africa’s largest economy had surged to the second highest on a global list of countries.

According to a report released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, Nigeria hit a new record high at 33.3 per cent in fourth quarter (Q4) 2020 from 27.1 recorded in second quarter (Q2) 2020 in the country.

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The NBS stated in its report on ‘Labour force Statistics: Unemployment and underemployment report- Abridged labour force survey under COVID-19 (Q4, 2020)’ that the 33.3 per cent translates to 23.19 million unemployed people.

The oil producing country surpassed South Africa in unemployment rate and trails behind Namibia which leads with 33.4%.

It is worthwhile to note that Nigeria’s jobless rate has more than quadrupled over the last five years as the economy went through two recessions, casting a shadow over the efforts to implement policies to drive growth and create jobs by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

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