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COVID-19 fuels youth unemployment in Nigeria

COVID-19 fuels youth unemployment in Nigeria

ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI FROM hotels and schools to the navy and police force, Nigerian graduate Ene Adejo has looked for a job just about everywhere since she finished her studies eight years ago, but she is still unemployed. "Sometimes they tell me the course I studied doesn't relate to the job I'm applying for ... Sometimes they tell me I don't have experience," Adejo, 34, who studied adult education and business studies, said from her home in the capital, Abuja. The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled youth unemployment in Africa's largest economy, which has risen for five consecutive years to about…
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