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Nigeria’s GDP Records 0.82% Growth Rate in 2017, Says NBS

February 27, 2018 0

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Tuesday, in a release of the full year 2017 Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the country, says the country’s economy growing by 0.82 per cent in 2017. The 0.82 per cent growth in GDP is an improvement over the contraction of -1.58 per cent which the economy recorded in 2016 during the …

Why Nigerians haven’t felt impact of exit from recession – NBS boss

September 7, 2017 0

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The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive, National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Yemi Kale, on Wednesday explained why Nigerians were not feeling the real impact of the positive economic growth rate on their lives. Kale attributed the non-impact of the exit from recession on the citizens to the structure of the economy, which is still largely driven by oil. …