Data Fragmentation Undermining Productivity, Job Creation – Kale

The group chief economist and managing director of Research and Trade Intelligence at the African Export-Import Bank, Yemi Kale, has said that data fragmentation remains a major barrier to Nigeria’s productivity, employment generation, and labour market efficiency.
Kale, a former statistician-general of the National Bureau of Statistics, made the statement on Tuesday while speaking virtually at the National Skills and Industry Alignment Roundtable Q2 Series in Abuja, which focused on the role of data in job creation, coordination, and labour market linkages.
He said Nigeria’s youthful population—about 70 per cent under the age of 30—represents both an opportunity and a challenge, stre...