{"id":58340,"date":"2021-07-14T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=58340"},"modified":"2021-07-14T13:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:12:07","slug":"high-unemployment-rate-threatens-buharis-plan-to-lift-100m-nigerians-out-of-poverty-afdb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/14\/high-unemployment-rate-threatens-buharis-plan-to-lift-100m-nigerians-out-of-poverty-afdb\/","title":{"rendered":"High unemployment rate threatens Buhari’s plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty – AfDB"},"content":{"rendered":"

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030 is threatened by the high rate of unemployment and income inequality in the country.<\/p>\n

This was stated on Tuesday by AfDB president, Akinwumi Adesina\u00a0at an investors\u2019 webinar designed to showcase the investment opportunities in Nigeria\u2019s privatisation and economic reforms programmes.<\/p>\n

Adesina, who was represented by Lamin Barrow, director-general of the bank\u2019s Nigeria country office, said there were high fiscal risks due to reliance on oil, weakness in non-oil revenues<\/a> and high debt service payments.<\/p>\n

He also said risks to medium-term growth for the country include inflation, insecurity, and high unemployment.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoverty headcount has increased, with approximately five million more Nigerians likely to have been pushed into poverty in 2020. High unemployment and income inequality (35.1 per cent in 2020) pose significant challenges to government\u2019s objective to lift 100 million people out of poverty by 2030,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFiscal risks are likely to remain elevated in the medium-term due to high dependence on oil receipts, weaknesses in non-oil revenues (less than four per cent of GDP) and high debt service payments (exceeding 60 per cent of federally retained revenues) amidst spending pressures.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides the uncertainties associated with the pandemic, other downside risks to the medium-term growth outlook include fiscal pressures \u2013 (fiscal and current account deficits and financing); persistent (food) inflation; insecurity and high levels of unemployment, which has increased to 33.28 per cent (and especially youth unemployment \u2013 estimates range from 38 to 42.5 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the coronavirus outbreak had amplified already weak social conditions.<\/p>\n

According to him, the recovery in crude oil prices, increase in the value added tax (VAT) rate to 7.5 per cent and elimination of petrol subsidy would provide some fiscal relief for the Nigeria economy.<\/p>\n

Adesina applauded the government\u2019s efforts at cushioning the health and economic impacts of the pandemic on the people and economy, especially through the increase in the number of beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfers from 2.5 million to 7.6 million.<\/p>\n

He recommended that the government provide an enabling environment for public-private partnerships to close Nigeria\u2019s infrastructure gap and ensure more investments in the country.<\/p>\n

Adesina said the AfDB was supporting the federal government\u2019s efforts in addressing Nigeria\u2019s infrastructure deficit in through development of both national and regional infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In the energy sector, he said the AfBD\u2019s support will help improve access and reliability of electricity supply by attracting private sector participation.<\/p>\n

According to him, the $256m and $200m financing respectively for the Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project (NTEP-1) and the Nigerian Electrification Project (NEP) will contribute to strengthening of the transmission network and promote off-grid solutions.<\/p>\n

In the transport sector, he explained that the bank\u2019s $430m support for the Enugu-Bamenda road linking Nigeria and Cameroon, expected to be completed this year, will provide a gateway for enhanced trade between West Africa and Central Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working closely with the ECOWAS Commission and the concerned countries to finalize the feasibility studies for the landmark Abidjan-Lagos Highway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect the construction of the corridor to commence next year. This highway will link 85 percent of the trade volumes in ECOWAS.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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