Tag Archives: UNEMPLOYMENT

A new report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria’s unemployment rate increased significantly in the third quarter of 2023, rising by 0.8% from Q2 2023.   According to NBS, the country’s unemployment rate rose sharply from the 4.2% recorded in Q2 2023 to 5.0% …

The Chief Executive Officer of Kumasi based Constructions Firm, Fapem Constructions Limited Mr.  Emmanuel Boakye Fapem has called on the government to focus more attention on technical and vocational education and training in order to provide the practical skills needed to reduce unemployment menace in Ghana. While lauding the government …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has said that although the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy is essential to Ghana’s development, its implementation has created some challenges for the country. According to Otumfuo, the implementation of the Free SHS policy which has led to an increase in enrolment in secondary schools in …

South Africa’s unemployment rate surged to the highest on a global list of 82 countries monitored by Bloomberg. The jobless rate rose to 34.4% in the second quarter from 32.6% in the three months through March, Statistics South Africa said Tuesday in a report released in the capital, Pretoria. The …

  President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his reflection on the 1976 youth who stood up against the apartheid regime, says this has become a bitter legacy for many young people who continue to suffer even under a democratic South Africa. The president, who delivered a virtual address to mark the 16 …

Ms Crescensia Baarkoh, a Psychologist at Total Life Enhancement Centre Ghana (TOLEC GH), a mental health advocacy Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) operating in the Northern region, has attributed the rampant abuse of drugs among the youth to high unemployment in the country. She noted that the frustration of highly qualified graduates …

The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), the Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante, has identified the large unemployment rate in the country as a potential source for religious extremism that can lead to terrorism. He said the high rate of unemployment makes, particularly, the youth susceptible to influence from …