Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has decried Nigeria’s high rate of unemployment.
Papers News reports that Obi noted that Nigeria has an unemployment and under-employment rate of over 35%, and youth unemployment and under-employment rate of over 45%, the highest rate globally.
In his Workers Day message on Thursday, the former presidential candidate stated that the nation’s unemployment fuels insecurity, criminality and other social vices plaguing the country.