Obinna Chima, Nume Ekeghe in Lagos and James Emejo in Abuja
Analysts yesterday urged the federal government to continue to develop policies to attract investments to Nigeria and to sustain targeted interventions in order for the country to sustain its positive economic growth trajectory.
The advice came as the country recorded a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 0.51 per cent (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2021, (Q1 2021) compared with the 0.11 per cent recorded in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2020, according to figures the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released yesterday.
The data indicate two consecutive quarters of growth.
However, the Q1 2021 growth rate was slower than the 1.87 per cent growth recorded in Q1 2020, but higher than the 0.11 per cent in Q4, which represented a slow, but continuous recovery of the economy.
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