{"id":17142,"date":"2017-09-11T18:25:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=17142"},"modified":"2017-09-11T18:25:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:25:09","slug":"telecoms-sector-contributes-n1-5trn-nigerias-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/telecoms-sector-contributes-n1-5trn-nigerias-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecoms sector contributes N1.5trn to Nigeria\u2019s GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"pre-head\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-7 text-right\">\n<ul id=\"menu-menu-2\" class=\"nav-pre-head list-inline\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-182\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-182\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/about-us\/\">About us<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-181\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-181\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/contact-us\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-311\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-311\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/category\/energy\/\">Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-232\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-232\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/category\/industry\/\">Industry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mast-head\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"head-wrap\">\n<div class=\"head-wrap-col-left\">\n<h1 class=\"site-logo\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/newscorner-new-logo.png\" alt=\"newscorner\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"head-wrap-col-right\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"nav\"><a class=\"mobile-trigger\" href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/2017\/09\/11\/telecoms-sector-contributes-n1-5trn-to-nigerias-gdp\/#mobilemenu\"><i class=\"fa fa-navicon\"><\/i>\u00a0MENU<\/a><\/p>\n<form class=\"searchform\" role=\"search\" action=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/\" method=\"get\">\n<div><label class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search for:<\/label><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"entry-head \">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">September 11, 2017<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Telecoms sector contributes N1.5trn to Nigeria\u2019s GDP<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-submeta\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newscorner.com.ng\/2017\/09\/11\/telecoms-sector-contributes-n1-5trn-to-nigerias-gdp\/#respond\">No Comments<\/a><span class=\"entry-share\">Share: <i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i>\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i>\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-google-plus\"><\/i>\u00a0<i class=\"fa fa-pinterest\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/von.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Nigeria%E2%80%99s-GDP-Contracted-2.06-pct-in-Q2.png?fit=600%2C350\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-1\" title=\"Nigeria\u2019s-GDP-Contracted-2.06-pct-in-Q2\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/von.gov.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Nigeria%E2%80%99s-GDP-Contracted-2.06-pct-in-Q2.png?resize=600%2C350\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the telecommunications sector contributed N1.54 trillion to the country\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>NCC\u2019s \u00a0Executive Vice-Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this while receiving the visiting Chairperson of Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Madam Angelique Weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Danbatta said that the figure was derived from recently released Bureau of Statistics\u2019 report on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its second quarter Gross Domestic Product GDP report had on Aug. 29 announced Nigeria\u2019s exit from recession after it slumped early 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He said the figure showed that the telecommunications sector contributed 9.5 per cent to the GDP in the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the figure represents a 6.68 per cent increase from the first quarter\u2019s contribution of N1.45 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very proud of the remarkable contributions the sector is making.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; 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