The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has countered Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige’s claim of the World Bank disputing its method of gathering data for employment statistics. Ngige who made the claim while receiving leadership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management(CIPM), had also said there would be a virtual meeting between the Federal Government and the World Bank to discuss modalities used by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) in gathering data for employment statistics. He said; “There …
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that its recent survey revealed that 42 percent of Nigerians have lost their jobs due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Bureau said the study was conducted between April to May 2020, during the time when the index case was identified in the country. It was further gathered that the impact of COVID-19 has been most strongly felt in the commerce, service and agriculture sectors. While seventy-nine percent of households surveyed reported …