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Nigeria's unemployment rises to 27.1% in Q2 2020 - NBS

Published 14/08/2020, 09:05
Updated 14/08/2020, 09:06
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LAGOS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria's unemployment rate stood
at 27.1% in the second quarter of 2020, according to data from
the national bureau of statistics published on Friday, in the
first such figures released since 2018.
The rate is an increase from the 23.1% unemployed in the
third quarter fo 2018. Nigeria has been grappling not only with
the new coronavirus pandemic, but also from the impact of oil
prices that plunged as a result of the pandemic.

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