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Oyedele wondered why Nigeria’s poverty rate remains one of the highest in the world despite the unemployment rate hovering around 4.2%. Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee, has said most Nigerians in the employment pool are not in any productive sector of the economy.According to the former PwC executive, this number of Nigerians accounts for 81% of the working population. Oyedele disclosed this while speaking at the Africa Trade and Investment Summit on Thursday, February 1, 2024. The tax expert argued that even though Nigeria’s unemployment …

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