Nigeria needs 30 million new jobs to keep unemployment from rising past 20% -World Bank

“Given the high population growth rates, nearly 30 million new jobs would be needed by 2030 just to keep the current employment rate constant.”

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Zikist Movement comment

We should be looking at reducing unemployment to at least single digits. 20% unemployment is too high. This is one of the reasons for the high crime rate in the country.