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APC, PDP bicker over unemployment figure
The NBS, in its latest labour force report released on Monday, pegged the country s unemployment rate at 33.3 per cent.
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Nigeria’s two dominant parties have again engaged in trade blame over the surge of unemployment rate in the country as released by the
The NBS, in its latest labour force report released on Monday, pegged Nigeria’s unemployment rate at 33.3 per cent, a direct indictment on the country’s political leadership.
Breaking down the figure in its report, the Bureau said 23.2 million out of the estimated 69.7 million people in the labour force are unemployed.
This, it is argued, is part of the party’s effort to prove as wrong the impression that President Muhammadu Buhari’s exit at the expiration of his tenure in 2023, would lead to the collapse of the APC.
Some APC bigwigs had predicted during the reign of Adams Oshiomhole, as the party’s national chairman, that the party would cease to enjoy federal power after President Buhari’s tenure.
However, with Oshiomhole’s abrupt exit from the APC headquarters following the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party in June 2020, the strength of the party, its modus operandi and agenda for 2023 have changed.