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It is no doubt that unemployment is one of the biggest problems facing Nigeria. The unemployment report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in December 2018 showed that the unemployment rate increased from 18.8% during the third quarter of 2017, to 23.1% in the same period in 2018. According to the report, about 20.9 million Nigerians were out of jobs ...

FBNQuest has seen the possibility of growing the real estate sector through bond investment. In a statement, it said infrastructure deficit has remained an impediment to the industrialisation and diversification of the economy. Infrastructure deficit, it added, has further complicated the ease of doing business in the country and is linked to inadequate public sector financing. “By its nature, infrastructure ...

An agricultural expert, Alhaji Tajudeen Olatunji, has tasked the Federal Government to double its commitment and devout more resources towards the development of the agricultural sector in the country. He said it is the only means to drive the nation’s economic growth and create more employment for youths. Olatunji, who is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Onifarm Limited, made ...

Shelter Rights Initiatives, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has appealed to the Federal Government to replicate its laudable agricultural sector programmes in the housing sector to solve housing deficit. The President of the NGO, Mr Festus Adebayo made the call in Abuja on Saturday. The official said that the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) for an agricultural loan should be ...