Youths in Sokoto State are increasingly frustrated by the lack of job opportunities and feel abandoned by the government. Many are turning to small businesses or handwork to make ends meet, but even then, finding consistent work remains a daily challenge.
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The World Bank has expressed readiness to spend 10 million dollars for Nigerian youths to acquire the critical skills needed for employment.
Global unemployment is expected to rise in 2024, with glowing inequality and stagnant productivity also a cause for concern on the economic horizon, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned.
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has urged youths, retired military officers, retired senior public officers, and businessmen to go into agricultural practice to improve the nation’s economy.
The Director General of the Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA), Hamma Kwajaffa, and the Treasurer, Mr. Samson Agbeseyi, have opined that the queues of trucks built up at Nigeria-Niger border of Illela town, in Sokoto state, has shown the collapse of Nigeria’s biggest job-creating economic sector.
President Bola Tinubu says his immediate target is to ensure a higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and significant reduction in unemployment rate.
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