Boosting Nigeria's Declining External Merchandise
ECONOMY Apart from the huge economic distortions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government must address inherent impediments to foreign trade as well as boost agricultural exports, writes James Emejo The COVID-19 continues to exactly its toll on the Nigerian economic landscape with several impairments. Nigeriaâs relapse into a second recession last year – and its sudden exit from the downturn is still being debated – with the pandemic blamed for the travails. Only last week, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) further showed that on annual basis, Nig...