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Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by Adolfnigeria: 11:04pm On Aug 24, 2023
My people oooo... see una country.
https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-nigerias-unemployment-rate-dropped-to-4-1-in-q1-2023-says-nbs

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, from 5.3 percent recorded in the previous quarter.

In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, the bureau had pegged the country’s unemployment rate at 33.3 percent.

The NBS, in a statement on Thursday, said the latest unemployment report adopted a new methodology and presented an in-depth analysis of the labour market.

“The latest Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) report sheds light on the dynamics of labour market within the country,” the statement reads.
This report covers the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, presenting an in-depth analysis of key labour market indicators such as employment, including unemployment rates, underemployment rates, hours worked, and informal employment.

“The revised methodology aligns with our contemporaries in Africa such as Ghana, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin, Gambia etc, in line with international best practices.”

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MOVED FROM 5.3% to 4.1% IN THREE MONTHS
In the new report, the NBS said Nigeria’s unemployment rate was at 5.3 percent in Q4 2022 and declined to 4.1 percent in Q1 2023.

This, according to the agency, aligns with the rates in other developing countries where work, “even if only for a few hours and in low-productivity jobs”, is essential to make ends meet, particularly in the absence of any social protection for the unemployed.

The bureau also said the revised methodology defines employed persons as individuals who are working for pay or profit and who worked for at least one hour in the last seven days against 40 hours.

“The old methodology placed a range on the working-age population- 15 – 64 years, while considering working hours between 20-39 hours as underemployment, 1-19 hrs as unemployment,” the statement reads.

“In addition, subsistence agriculture and temporary absentees from employment work were not properly represented as well as the absence of mutually exclusiveness of unemployment and employment.

“These improvements, among others, captured in the revised computations will make Nigeria’s Labour Force data comparable with other countries.”

DO you believe this news ? So Tinubu don already achieve target.

Please give your thoughts.
For me this is an obvious lie. Propaganda, at play. Nigerian youths are suffering, and the government seems not to recognise this. With this new figures, based on falsehood, this new governement is not incentivised to create employment.
Re: Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by Nbote(m): 11:07pm On Aug 24, 2023
Hahahahahahaha... A country where job losses are increasing due to the economic woes being experienced by all sectors and then they announce a drop in unemployment lol.. Who employed them or where were the jobs created?
Re: Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by TINUBUISMAD: 1:33am On Aug 25, 2023
Stupid EbolaTinubu
Re: Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by TINUBUISMAD: 1:34am On Aug 25, 2023
Nbote:
Hahahahahahaha... A country where job losses are increasing due to the economic woes being experienced by all sectors and then they announce a drop in unemployment lol.. Who employed them or where were the jobs created?
Don't mind those criminals
It's only their stupid Agbadocassava agberos that can believe this senseless and nonsense lies
Re: Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by Ikaeniyan0: 6:46am On Aug 25, 2023
It could be true. The main issue is that a lot of Nigerians are underemployed.
Re: Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by Agbadocassava: 7:31pm On Aug 25, 2023
TINUBUISMAD:

Don't mind those criminals
It's only their stupid Agbadocassava agberos that can believe this senseless and nonsense lies
U go just run mad on top Tinubu’s mata
Re: Drop In Nigeria's Unemployment Rate To 4.1% --- TRUE/FALSE by TINUBUISMAD: 11:36am On Aug 26, 2023
Agbadocassava:

U go just run mad on top Tinubu’s mata
You be mumu zombie without functioning brain

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