The latest job creation figure released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, yesterday showed that the economy created 500,224 jobs across the country in the first six months of 2014.The figure was announced by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, at a workshop organised by the NBS for the review of definition and methodology for computing unemployment statistics in Nigeria. He said the new figure was arrived at through a recent job creation survey carried out by the NBS for the first and second quarters of 2014.According to him, the scope of the survey covered formal and informal establishments and public institutions in the country. Over 500,000 new jobs in the first six months,impressive isnt it?Or what do you make of the above?
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:58:17 +0000
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