The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Joseph Ari, on Saturday explained why many Nigerians are still in the labour market in search of gainful employment, IgbereTV reports
Ari, who addressed participants at the ITF’s second national skills summit held in Abuja, said 23 million Nigerians are currently unemployed due to a lack of requisite skills.
He said: “The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Q4 2020 Report on Labour Force Statistics, Unemployment and Underemployment showed that the number of unemployed persons in the economically active or working age was 122,049,400