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Nigeria’s economy doing well in spite of recession – Lai Mohammed

2 months ago
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the news of Nigeria entering recession marks a positive development for the nation’s economy.

The Minister stated this when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority programme “Good Morning Nigeria.”

Newsmen report that Nigeria officially entered recession at the end of third quarter (Q3) after its Gross Domestic Product declined for the second consecutive quarter in 2020 (Q2 and Q3).

Speaking on the programme monitored by newsmen in Abuja, the Minister said the decline of -3.62 per cent in Q3 is much smaller than the -6.10 per cent recorded in Q2.

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“By comparison, South Africa recorded a decline of -50 in Q2 2020.

“The economic conditions are actually improving, with 17 activities recording positive real growth in the third quarter, compared to 13 in Q2. Also, 36 of 46 economic activities did better in Q3 2020 than Q2 2020,’’ he said.

Also Read: Nigeria’s economy officially enters recession again

The Minister explained that the -3.62 per cent contraction recorded in Q3 2020 was better than the -6.01 per cent earlier forecast by the National Bureau of Statistics, adding that this outperformed several domestic and international forecasts.

He noted that before COVID-19, the Nigerian economy had been experiencing sustained growth that was improving every quarter until Q2 2020 when the impact of COVID-19 started to be felt.

According to the Minister, the main reason for the recession is the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said Nigeria was not alone as dozens of countries, including economic giants like the US, UK, and Canada, had entered recession due to the global pandemic.

The minister said other countries in recession included Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, and Spain.

Mohammed added that the oil sector was largely responsible for the slow-down in economic activity in Q3 2020.

He said the sector recorded a sharp contraction of 13.89 per cent in Q3 2020 year on year, the largest decline in that sector in 14 quarters.

“The reason is the slow-down in global economic growth and oil demand due to COVID-19 pandemic as well as Nigeria’s obligations to meet OPEC cuts,” he said.

The minister said although the non-oil sector also contracted in Q3 2020, the decline in the sector by -2.51 per cent year on year in Q3 2020 was significantly better when compared to the contraction of -6.05 per cent year on year recorded in Q2 2020.

He, however, said the latest recession would be short-lived and the country would return to positive growth “soon unlike the 2016 recession which lasted five quarters.”

Mohammed explained that the recession would be short-lived because of several complementary fiscal, real sector and monetary interventions proactively introduced by the government.

He said the interventions were introduced to forestall a far worse decline of the economy and to alleviate the negative consequences of the pandemic.

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