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6.1% GDP Contraction: Dust Yet to Settle – Analysts. Amidst a 6.1% contraction in gross domestic products, analysts said they expect second round effects of the economic disruption in the form of massive layoffs in the formal sector, corporate defaults, tightening of financial conditions and weaker

Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate Swells to 27.1 Percent. Overall employment declined by 11.1 million in Q2 20 compared to Q3 18. Unemployment rate increased 398 bps to 27.1% in Q2 20. Female unemployment surged 1.4 million compared to decline in Male unemployment of 559,061