Unemployment rate at 10.7% – Nadir

Guyana’s unemployment rate is 10.7%, according to Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir, who admits that the figure is high, but says it represents a good performance in the region.

Nadir, who was at the time addressing the closing ceremony for the Secondary Schools’ Work Study attachment on Tuesday at the Tower Hotel, said that the unemployment rate had actually fallen from 11.7%.

“Many countries have had an increase in unemployment rate but we have seen a decrease in the unemployment rate,” he was