Nigeria's economy is growing at its fastest pace in five years, yet the expansion carries a quiet contradiction: the sectors driving it forward are not the ones that have historically carried workers into stable, dignified livelihoods. As services and agriculture outpace manufacturing, the country finds itself in the paradox of growth without sufficient employment — a reminder that the numbers a nation reports and the lives its people actually live are not always the same story.
Nigeria's 4.4% Growth Masks Job Creation Crisis as Services Boom Fails to Employ
Rising unemployment and weak purchasing power amid high inflation threaten household living standards despite economic growth.