Nigeria: 67 Million Youths Unemployed -Minister

28 October 2011

Ilorin — Minister of Youth Development Bolaji Abdullahi has said that about 67 million youths in Nigeria, representing 42 percent of their population, are unemployed.

The minister, who said this yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital, while speaking at the launching of the North-central zone of the YouWin Enterprise Competition, noted that the Federal Government was mapping out strategies to reverse the trend.

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