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UPDATE 1-Nigeria's economic growth slows in Q1 as oil sector shrinks

Published 20/05/2019, 09:09
UPDATE 1-Nigeria's economic growth slows in Q1 as oil sector shrinks

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ABUJA, May 20 (Reuters) - Growth in Nigeria's fragile
economy slowed to 2.01% in the first quarter as the country's
dominant oil sector shrank, the National Bureau of Statistics
said on Monday.
The annual pace dropped from the previous quarter's 2.38%,
when activity was likely to have been boosted by state spending
in the run-up to February and March elections in which President
Muhammadu Buhari won a second term.
Nigeria's central bank has forecast growth of 3% for 2019.
The largely crude-dependent economy emerged from recession
in 2017 and has been recovering in great part due to higher oil
prices.
In the first quarter the non-oil sector grew 2.47% while the
oil sector shrank 2.40%, according to the statistics office.
Crude production rose slightly to 1.96 million barrels per day
from 1.91 million in the previous quarter.
Growth in the first quarter of 2018 was 1.89%.


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