Fashola made the remarks on Thursday while inspecting some ongoing Federal Government road projects in Osun State.
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Emmanuel gave the remarks in an interactive session with Akwa Ibom people in Uyo on Sunday.
The statistics are contained in the bureau’s Labour Force Statistics on its website, entitled: “Unemployment and Underemployment Report (Q2 2020),” released in Abuja.
The Geneva-based UN body also found that the COVID-19 crisis is hurting young people’s chances of entering the labour market, as around 10 per cent of students expect that they will not be able to complete their current education.
The Federal Government says it will work to ensure that there are no job losses arising from the extreme effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the economy.
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Thursday told Corps members posted to the State that there will be no automatic employment, but that they should be seriously involved in the National Youth Service Corps Skills Acquisition Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
Lawal noted that several opportunities abound in agriculture because each of the agricultural enterprises has various value chains which if properly explored presents great opportunities that are income yielding and very viable.
It also urged the Federal Government to put up a mechanism and programme that would provide employment for the teeming unemployed graduates.
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau and Chairman Northern Governors Forum has urged Nigerians in diaspora to invest at home and help to reduce unemployment among the youths.
Ekuma Eze, the Director, Public Affairs and Communication, Nigerian Bottling Company, bottlers of Coca-Cola, has said that government alone cannot solve the problem of unemployment in the country.
The National Orientation Agency says the craze for foreign goods by Nigerians has led to closure of local industries, high unemployment rate, low Gross Domestic Product and capital flight.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Saturday empowered no fewer than 1,000 fashion designers and charged them to be hardworking in their chosen career.
The Central Bank of Nigeria says its effort at reducing poverty and unemployment in the country through agricultural investment is yielding desired result.
The National Bureau of Statistics said Akwa Ibom reported the highest unemployment rate of 37.7 per cent in third quarter 2018.
The National Directorate of Employment in Nasarawa State says the Federal Government has disbursed at least N60 million as loan to people in the state as part of its employment drive since the directorate was established in 1998.
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has said that Nigeria must retool its education system to allow more children into schools as a way of minimizing drug abuse in the country.
Some comedians and those who serve as masters of ceremonies at events have appealed to the government to assist them with grants to grow the industry.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, says drug abuse, unemployment and governance are responsible for the “deplorable security situation in Zamfara”.
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to 27.5 percent in the third quarter from 27.2 percent in the second quarter, the country’s statistics office said on Tuesday.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday in London that the opposition lacked the moral right to blame President Muhammadu Buhari–led administration for unemployment in the country.