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Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by treesun: 3:16pm On Nov 26
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has challenged aspects of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report.

On Monday, the NBS said the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, compared to the 5.3 percent recorded in Q1 2024.

The report also said the employment-to-population ratio, which measures the number of employed workers against the total working-age population, increased to 76.1 percent in Q2 2024.

According to Punch, Chris Onyeka, the national assistant general secretary of the NLC, criticised the report and described it as a “voodoo document” that fails to reflect the stark realities Nigerians face daily.

Onyeka said the figures are a “fabrication designed to mislead the public”, adding that the data was inconsistent with the deteriorating economic landscape.

“Unemployment cannot be coming down in Nigeria when factories are closing shops,” he said.

“It cannot be coming down when there is increasing inventory and reduced consumer spending. If anything, unemployment is increasing.”

He questioned the methodology behind the report, describing it as a “figment of imagination concocted by people who want to manipulate figures”.

He also challenged the NBS to substantiate its claims by identifying the sectors supposedly generating jobs.

“Once data does not reflect reality, it loses relevance. Unfortunately, the NBS has lost credibility as a result of the data they continue spewing out,” he said.

“Where are the jobs coming from? Is it from employers who are complaining of consumer resistance and slowing economic activities? It doesn’t add up.

“The truth remains: the NBS has become a failed institution, much like INEC in the eyes of the public.”
https://www.thecable.ng/fabricated-figures-nlc-tackles-nbs-over-unemployment-rate-report/

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by docdes: 3:24pm On Nov 26
"Unemployment cannot be coming down in Nigeria when factories are closing shops,” he said.
🤔

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by criuze(m): 3:44pm On Nov 26
NBS got it wrong today, they've been trying especially that last release which honestly reflect on extreme hunger against the populace


But in most cases they can't give out uncensored data

Even at this time the statistics clearly shows in our body

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Atuero(m): 5:28pm On Nov 26
Tinubu thinks all Nigerians are his Yoruba people who are very easy to decieve with conjectured data.


Only a fool will believe unemployment reduced when in essence many employed Nigerians are now beggars.


Even on NL, check out the increasing numbers of beggars including those who beg shamelessly.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Bobloco: 5:38pm On Nov 26
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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Attorney79(m): 6:15pm On Nov 26
I thought NBS was smart, but now I realize how dumb they are. How can unemployment reduce amidst all the economic turbulence we are experiencing under Tinubu?

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by nedu666: 6:19pm On Nov 26
According to nbc, if you work just 2 hrs a month. You are employed

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Paraman: 6:20pm On Nov 26
treesun:
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has challenged aspects of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report.

On Monday, the NBS said the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 4.3 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, compared to the 5.3 percent recorded in Q1 2024.


The report also said the employment-to-population ratio, which measures the number of employed workers against the total working-age population, increased to 76.1 percent in Q2 2024.



According to Punch, Chris Onyeka, the national assistant general secretary of the NLC, criticised the report and described it as a “voodoo document” that fails to reflect the stark realities Nigerians face daily.


Onyeka said the figures are a “fabrication designed to mislead the public”, adding that the data was inconsistent with the deteriorating economic landscape.

“Unemployment cannot be coming down in Nigeria when factories are closing shops,” he said.


“It cannot be coming down when there is increasing inventory and reduced consumer spending. If anything, unemployment is increasing.”


He questioned the methodology behind the report, describing it as a “figment of imagination concocted by people who want to manipulate figures”.



He also challenged the NBS to substantiate its claims by identifying the sectors supposedly generating jobs.

“Once data does not reflect reality, it loses relevance. Unfortunately, the NBS has lost credibility as a result of the data they continue spewing out,” he said.

“Where are the jobs coming from? Is it from employers who are complaining of consumer resistance and slowing economic activities? It doesn’t add up.



“The truth remains: the NBS has become a failed institution, much like INEC in the eyes of the public.”

https://www.thecable.ng/fabricated-figures-nlc-tackles-nbs-over-unemployment-rate-report/
NBS does not care about how you guys feel about the stats.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Sheuns(m): 7:52pm On Nov 26
Oluwole economists. Bolekaja economy. That’s what APC under Tinubu is practicing.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by aariwa(m): 9:16pm On Nov 26
Believe anything from Agbado Oluwole ogbomosho express media at your own risk

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Racoon(m): 9:54pm On Nov 26
Everything thing including statistical indices under this evil APC government is just lies and propaganda.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Minted4(m): 11:34pm On Nov 26
Na Statistics we go chop?

Fake fake stat

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Bobloco: 11:37pm On Nov 26
Paraman:
NBS does not care about how you guys feel about the stats.

Propaganda doesn't grow the economy

All the manipulated propaganda data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics will not grow the economy.

Real economic growth will be felt in the lives and living standards of Nigerians.

As long as the cost of basic food items, fuel, transportation, etc., continues to rise as it is currently, negatively impacting the lives of the average Nigerian, then Tinubu and the NBS are merely dishing out propaganda, deceiving themselves into thinking they are deceiving Nigerians.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by treesun: 11:54pm On Nov 26
Nlfpmod, pure propaganda!

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by treesun: 8:18am On Nov 27
This data is not right!

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by cyrusmillz: 8:35am On Nov 27
How can Nigeria , a struggling economy with one of the worst economic indices in the world have an unemployment rate close to that of Canada. NBS is just a useless organisation, I can bet they don't even have a statistician in that organisation.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by bentenny(m): 8:35am On Nov 27
NBS during Buhari regime used to give stats that were very close to the reality of our economy in terms of inflation rate and unemployment percentage....as soon as chief propaganda machinery Tinubu aka balablu took over,he ensured agencies that are meant to give out near accuate data about the economy became biased and partisan!
That's how they claimed through finance minister edun that cash transfers were sent to millions of Nigerians with no single data to know who received or how they were able to come up with such names!
At the end,U cannot lie forever!

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by AntiChristian: 8:35am On Nov 27
lipsrsealed

NBS is right!

Na NLC and some other noisy ignoramuses no know the difference between Unemployment and underemployment!

Even if you dey push truck, do POS, you are employed and underemployed!

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by SmartPolician: 8:37am On Nov 27
NBS needs to start taking important stats seriously.
Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Praxis758: 8:37am On Nov 27
Dr Abati called it a VOODOO STATISTICS.

Political NBS

NBS has been annexed by Emilokan propaganda agenda

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by bentenny(m): 8:37am On Nov 27
Paraman:
NBS does not care about how you guys feel about the stats.
Then what's the responsibility of NBS?
Are they saying that only 4.3% of the country's population is unemployed and you indeed believed?
Guy drop your sycophancy for once and reason!

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Macphenson: 8:37am On Nov 27
I said the same thing when NBS dished out those fabricated data. It was obvious NBS is beong coerced to dish out false data and the real data embarrass the government.

ladies and gentlemen, we are in the era were government performance is absymally low like never seen before, now they resort to high level propaganda.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Acidosis(m): 8:38am On Nov 27
They're just too funny. Nigeria's unemployment rate is now lower and better than Canada's cheesy

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by oyeb15: 8:40am On Nov 27
70 percent of Nigerians are unemployed.
I lost my certificate earned job in 2015 and after several FRSC , Immigration, Civil Defense recruitment ends in who knows one strong politician or senator, I lost d passion,keep my certificate and started hustling.

Thank God today, have achieved everything a man can boast of but I often get sad dat spending 4years in a public university and making Second class upper seems like a waste of time and resources.

I'll rather advice parents to send their kids to technical schools and that huge university fees etc,gather them together and set d child up.

I was born in a wrong country

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by Tijani009: 8:42am On Nov 27
nedu666:
According to nbc, if you work just 2 hrs a month. You are employed
Even if your mama sends you go market go buy salt then you are employed

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by jmoore(m): 8:43am On Nov 27
Tinubu don hijack the institutions.

Only a mumu will believe that unemployment rate dropped.

The vultures of babablus are destroying Nigeria.

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by CrossRhodes: 8:43am On Nov 27
Oluwole for a reason

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by CrossRhodes: 8:43am On Nov 27
Acidosis:
They're just too funny. Nigeria's unemployment rate is now lower and better than Canada's cheesy
Poverty capital of the world oo grin

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by CrossRhodes: 8:44am On Nov 27
bentenny:

Then what's the responsibility of NBS?
Are they saying that only 4.3% of the country's population is unemployed and you indeed believed?
Guy drop your sycophancy for once and reason!
A zombie has no capacity to reason logically

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Re: Fabricated Figures’ — NLC Tackles NBS On Unemployment Rate Report by HydraFeeds(m): 8:44am On Nov 27
People are survivors,as one way is closing ,another one is opening .

A master holder that japa to UK and he's working has a caregiver is employed.

A master holder that's doing Uber in Nigeria is employed.

What the NLC failed to consider is that there's a difference between unemployment and underemployment.

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