23.18 million Nigerians are jobless as the unemployment rate rose from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 to 33.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020. The latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, whiich revealed this, added that underemployment rate decreased from 28.6 per cent to 22.8 per cent. The NBS report on ‘Labour force Statistics: Unemployment and underemployment report- Abridged labour force survey under COVID-19 (Q4, 2020) was released on Monday. The 33 per cent, the report showed, translates to 23.19 million…
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