Sir: Out of the 88.9 million Nigerians in the country’s labour force, 71.2 million are self-employed, 12.96 are salary and wage earners, and the remaining 4.74 million are unemployed but looking for work.
These statistics show that over 80 per cent of Nigerians who can work have taken their future into their hands by creating jobs for themselves because there are only nearly 13 million jobs for nearly 90 million people. And majority of those Nigerians who earn salaries and wages cannot survive on these alone, so they must create additional income streams. Even some self-employed Nigerians cannot survive on their entrepreneurship revenue alone and have to take up side hustles.
Enter the side hustle: A side hustle is a small business that someone pursues in addition to their main job to earn extra income. Side hustles usually provide either a daily income or an income you don’t have to wait a month…
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