{"id":8600,"date":"2021-08-27T20:27:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2021-08-28T15:01:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:01:40","slug":"nigerias-5-01-gdp-growth-in-q2-2021-laudable-economists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/nigerias-5-01-gdp-growth-in-q2-2021-laudable-economists\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s 5.01% GDP growth in Q2 2021 laudable \u2014 Economists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Economists have lauded the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) estimates for Q2 Gross Domestic Product\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>(GDP), which grew by 5.01 per cent.<\/p>\n

The experts, on Thursday in Lagos, however, urged the Federal Government to put measures in place to make the growth inclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof Ndubisi Nwokoma, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Analysis and Research (CEPAR), University of Lagos, said on a comparative basis, the GDP growth figures meant the economy had opened up from the COVID-19 induced dislocations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cImprovements in services were expected in view of the greater resort to ICT-induced service enhancement in the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the prevailing insecurity challenges in the country is a serious drag to output growth. If insecurity challenges are confronted headlong, economic growth in the coming quarters will be enhanced,\u201d Nwokoma said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheriffdeen Tella, Professor of Economics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun, said the GDP figures represented good news, if the figures were true.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cA GDP growth of 5.01 per cent is a strong indicator for improved welfare. But the reality on ground does not support such growth rates.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the sub-sectors identified for the growth, except, transportation, cannot impact seriously on employment and income whereas agriculture and industrial sectors that would impact on these recorded slow and negative growth respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cActually, the fact is that the growth witness emanated largely from oil sector with improvement in oil prices since the beginning of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe government still needs to address issue of security for agriculture and industries to pick up,\u201d Tella said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hassan Oaikhenan, Professor of Economics at the University of Benin, Benin-City, is worried that the GDP growth data do not reflect the reality on ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

He urged government to come up with pragmatic and decisive policies that are geared toward sourcing raw materials for the manufacturing sector from within.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the agricultural sector needed to be harnessed to provide the raw materials needed by the industrial sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is need for pragmatic and actionable policy actions to create linkage between the industrial and agricultural sectors,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The NBS had reported that Nigeria\u2019s GDP grew by 5.01 per cent (year-on-year) in real terms, resulting in the third consecutive quarter of growth since last year\u2019s slowdown. The strongest real GDP growth the economy has recorded since Q4 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The experts spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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