Real fact emerges about FG 'launching' portal to register for job creation programme

  • Nigeria’s unemployment rate stands at 33.3 percent, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
  • The implication of this is that more than 23 million people either have no job or work for less than 20 hours a week
  • The high number of unemployed people seeking jobs also makes the country’s labour market a “breeding ground” for fraudsters who bait applicants in with job opportunities, but a fact check report has warned people not to fall for scammers

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FCT, Abuja – Several social media posts have claimed that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has launched a portal to register beneficiaries for a new work-for-cash initiative.