Unemployment

At least 20 per cent of the full-time workforce in Nigeria lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a new report released on Tuesday has revealed. The report tagged ‘The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Enterprises in Nigeria’, was jointly released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Bureau of Statistics […]

Members of the Senate on Wednesday considered a motion on the ‘escalating rate’ of unemployment in the country. The motion was sponsored during plenary by the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. In their resolution, the lawmakers proferred solutions to the executive arm of the government for adoption and implementation. One […]