Zambezi top jobless list
The Zambezi Region ranks the highest in terms of unemployment in the country according to the Namibia Labour Force Survey (NLFS) report for 2016, presented in Rundu.
The NLFS report presented by senior communications specialist at the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), Nelson Ashipala, showed that the Zambezi Region had a 48% unemployment rate in 2016.
This was followed by Ohangwena at 45.4% and //Karas at 23%, while the Erongo Region had the lowest unemployment rate at 21.9%.
Ashipala indicated that the unemployment rate was higher for females than males for all the regions, except in Ohangwena and Omusati where the rates for females were lower than that of men.
The highest unemployment rate for the female population was recorded in the Kunene and Zambezi regions at 62.8% and 58.3%, respectively.
Ashipala observed that the highest unemployment rates for the male population were recorded in Ohangwena at 43.9% and Kunene at 43.8%.
He stressed the need for more employment to be created in the Zambezi Region in accordance with levels of education for those who are active in contributing to the economy of the country within their levels of education.
He thus called on the regional and local authorities, as well as those sectors responsible for regional planning, to do more in terms of workshops for the youth on how employment can be created to remedy the situation.
Speaking to Nampa on the sidelines of the event, one of the participants at the presentation, Dr Bennette Kangumu of the University of Namibia called on the education directorate to pull up their socks as most of those unemployed are school leavers who either failed Grade 10 or 12.
He appealed to the youth in the region to approach various offices and enquire about how they could become job creators.
Kangumu further said there is great potential in the agriculture sector in the region where the youth can make a living and create jobs.
The intercensal demographic and labour force survey launched at Katima Mulilo will also be presented to other regions.
NAMPA
The NLFS report presented by senior communications specialist at the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA), Nelson Ashipala, showed that the Zambezi Region had a 48% unemployment rate in 2016.
This was followed by Ohangwena at 45.4% and //Karas at 23%, while the Erongo Region had the lowest unemployment rate at 21.9%.
Ashipala indicated that the unemployment rate was higher for females than males for all the regions, except in Ohangwena and Omusati where the rates for females were lower than that of men.
The highest unemployment rate for the female population was recorded in the Kunene and Zambezi regions at 62.8% and 58.3%, respectively.
Ashipala observed that the highest unemployment rates for the male population were recorded in Ohangwena at 43.9% and Kunene at 43.8%.
He stressed the need for more employment to be created in the Zambezi Region in accordance with levels of education for those who are active in contributing to the economy of the country within their levels of education.
He thus called on the regional and local authorities, as well as those sectors responsible for regional planning, to do more in terms of workshops for the youth on how employment can be created to remedy the situation.
Speaking to Nampa on the sidelines of the event, one of the participants at the presentation, Dr Bennette Kangumu of the University of Namibia called on the education directorate to pull up their socks as most of those unemployed are school leavers who either failed Grade 10 or 12.
He appealed to the youth in the region to approach various offices and enquire about how they could become job creators.
Kangumu further said there is great potential in the agriculture sector in the region where the youth can make a living and create jobs.
The intercensal demographic and labour force survey launched at Katima Mulilo will also be presented to other regions.
NAMPA
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