President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the 29th of November 2023, presented the 2024 budget before the joint session of the National Assembly. The budget is the largest in Nigeria’s history with a size of N27.5 trillion and a revenue projection of N18.32 trillion resulting in a budget deficit of N9.18 trillion. Revenue comprises oil revenue of N7.69 trillion, non-oil revenue of N3.52 trillion and Independent and other revenue sources of N6.86 trillion. The expenditure consists of capital expenditure of N8.72 trillion, non-debt recurrent expenditure of N9.92 trillion, debt service of N8.49 trillion and statutory transfer of
N1.38 trillion. These estimates imply that debt service is 30% of total expenditure and 95% of capital expenditure.
December 23, 2023
Nigeria Economic Update Issue 48
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According to figures released by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, employment growth lagged during the recession period, and worsened unemployment/underemployment rates few quarters after. Specifically, unemployment rate rose to 18.8 percent in 2017Q31, up from 16.2 percent in previous quarter (the recession-exit quarter) and 13.9 percent in corresponding quarter. Disaggregated figures reveal that the number of unemployed and underemployed persons in the labour force increased by 17 percent and 2 percent respectively, to 15.9 million and 18.0 million in 2017Q3, majority of which are young persons within ages 15-34.