Nigeria is facing an unprecedented youth crisis, with nearly 80 million young people unemployed—representing more than half of the nation’s youth population. This stark revelation is contained in the State of the Nigerian Youth Report 2025, unveiled on Monday in Abuja by Jonathan Abakpa, Advocacy and Youth Programme Officer at Plan International Nigeria, during the…
Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen has raised concerns over the alarming rate of youth unemployment and underemployment in Nigeria, attributing it to a lack of practical and technical skills required by the modern labour market. Speaking on Wednesday at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on Polytechnic and Higher Technical…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digits and create more jobs. Edun stated this during a press conference addressed by the Nigerian economic team, as part of activities marking the end of the 2025 International Monetary Fund…
Intentionality is a trait that every young job seeker should possess. Job hunting is daunting! It does not matter if you are a fresh graduate or a mid-level executive looking to switch career paths. The question now is: does a school certificate guarantee one being employed? Many people do not know that there are lots…
Corporate Economics graduate, Nancy Nwabueze, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO, a PUNCH correspondent how her fears as a young woman in search of a job eventually turned into a blessing after embracing a different path to make ends meet You are a graduate yet went into business. When did you first realise you wanted to tow this…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate declined to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, signalling improved labour market conditions. According to the latest report released on Monday, by the National Bureau of Statistics, this marked a decrease from the 5.3 per cent recorded in Q1 2024 and reflected a gradual recovery from the 5.0 per…
The Federal Government is working to reverse Nigeria’s growing unemployment rate, Vice-President Kashim Shettima said on Saturday. Shettima said this at the launch of the Nasarawa state human capital development strategy document and gender transformative human capital development policy framework in Lafia. He stated that the current administration is committed to empowering Nigerians with globally…
The country’s unemployment rate rose to 5.3 per cent in the first quarter of the year (Q1 2024) compared to 5 per cent in Q4 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday. According the Nigeria Labour Force Statistics Report, Q1 2024, the employment-to-population ratio was 73.2 per cent, a decrease of 2.4 per…