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Nigerian government predicts improved economic fortunes

Last updated: February 24, 2021 5:47 pm
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Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says Nigeria is on its way to consistent and stable growth after it exited economic recession.

Briefing State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC), meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, the Minister said the country’s GDP in the fourth quarter of 2020 grew by 0.11 per cent while total growth was minus 1.92 per cent.

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She expressed hopes that GDP growth for the first quarter of 2021 will even be more positive.

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