The National Bureau of Statistic in Nigeria says 500,224 jobs have been created in the country this year.
A breakdown of the figures showed that 240,871 new jobs were created in the first quarter of 2014 while another 259,353 jobs were also created in the second quarter of the year.
The Statistician General of the Federation Dr. Yemi Kale, who announced the figures explained that the education and the manufacturing sector were the major drivers for jobs.
Unemployment is one of the challenges confronting Nigerians between the ages of 16 to 65 years.
In March some job seekers died as a result of stampede at different locations they were meant to participate in a recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service.
These challenge is not only peculiar to Nigeria but also a topic of discourse for policy makers in most developing economies.
The Federal Government through various initiatives such as the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme and the Youths With Innovation had initiated programmes to empower young people to bridge the unemployment gap and the latest statistics released by the Bureau of Statistics however showed that progress had been made in this regard.
“A total of 259.353 new jobs were also created between April and June 2014. This is attributed to jobs created from the education and manufacturing sector,” Yemi Kale said.
Despite the employment created from formal, informal and the public sector, the hope of many Nigerians is that more of these successes will be achieved in making unemployment a history in Nigeria.
