Nigeria’s rising unemployment, poverty

Nigeria’s rising unemployment, poverty

Unemployment and poverty are two of the major issues currently affecting Nigeria’s economy and its society. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the population of the unemployed in Nigeria during the last quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020) stood at 33.3 per cent – an increase of 6.2 per cent points compared with the 27.1 per cent of Quarter 2, 2020 (Q2 2020). This places Nigeria in the number three position among countries with the highest number of unemployed people in the world!

Also, according to data from the World Poverty Clock (a Web tool produced by […]

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