Fuel shortage, inflation’ll weaken Nigeria’s economic growth – World Bank

The World Bank has said that fuel shortage and rising inflation will likely restrain economic growth in Nigeria. It said this in the June 2022 edition of its Global Economic Prospects report. The financial institution had projected that Nigeria’s economy would grow by 3.4 per cent in 2022 but decline to 3.2 per cent in 2023 and 2024. For the first quarter of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics reported a 3.11 per cent growth, which is still less than the World Bank’s growth projection for Nigeria. READ ALSO: NDLEA…

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