The
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said 7.5million Nigerians were left
doing nothing between January 2016 and December 30, 2017.
The bureau
stated this in “Labour Force Statistics Vol. 2: Employment by Sector Report,”
released on Sunday in Abuja.
According to NBS, out of the country’s labour population of
85.1 million as reflected in the third quarter of 2017 (Q3), 77.55 million are
engaged in some sort of economic activity for at least an hour a week, (8.46
million-1-19 hours; 18.02 million-20-39 hours; 51.06million-above 40 hours),
while 7.53 million are doing absolutely nothing.
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