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13 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
There is no universal standard definition of unemployment. Various countries adopt different methodology. Nigeria uses 40+ hours per week for employed persons, 20 - 29 hrs as underemployed and < 20 hrs per week as unemployed. Ghana uses 1hr per week to categorise employment
Unemployment is not synonymous with Job losses. The major drivers of the unemployment rate in Nigeria are high birth rate and population growth. 7m babies are born each year in Nigeria, those born in year 2005 are now 16 yrs . They have moved into the Labour force as unemployed
Now compare the birth rate of Ghana vs Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the highest birth rate in the world. Ghana has a population of 31m, it will take Nigeria less than 7 years to give birth to the entire population of Ghana with under 5 mortality and death rate.
So dump the unemployment angle. The total number of fully employed Nigerians at 35m is more than the population of Ghana yet we have a worse tax to GDP ratio, poor social contributions to healthcare or education.

Ghana has NHIL for health insurance and Getfund for education.

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2. How do they spend on fuel and car maintenance monthly?

3. How much will they spend if they use buses?
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