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Boko’s employment reality sinks in

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While the country's populace swelters in the heat of unemployment that is projected at 28%, President Duma Boko has said the Cavalry is still a long way off. Speaking during an interview with eNCA in a state visit to South Africa, Boko revealed that his government has had to backtrack on its promise of creating 100,000 jobs in the first year of taking sate power.

Instead, they chose to grapple with critical medicine shortages and an economy that is, by his own account, teetering on its knees.

"There are certain realities that confront you when you are in power. We did research as much as we could. You could do all the research and you still can't pick up certain issues. The practical truth is that this unequal economy, where growth has produced no jobs for many years and with coffers at P300 million from more than P37 billion three years ago you have to wrestle with keeping the ship afloat," he said.

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