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Current Feed ContentNIGERIA: Economic growth masks high unemploymentAnoverall trend towards economic growth in Nigeria masks the fact thatmillions have been forced into low-wage jobs in the once industrialnorth, trade experts warn. “In the last 15 years more thanthree million jobs have been directly and indirectly lost in Kano alonewith the collapse of more than two-thirds of our industries,” saidAhmed Rabiu, deputy president of the Kano Chamber of Commerce andIndustry. “This has caused a lot of socio-economic hardship tothe laid-off factory workers and the... |