The total number of unemployed Nigerians has jumped from 17.6 million to 20.9 million in just nine months, according to new data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
According to the data published on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, the total number of people who did nothing at all or worked under 20 hours a week increased by 3.3 million between Q4 2017 and Q3 2018.