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Recession looms as Nigeria’s economy may shrink 8.9% in worst case – Finance Minister

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May 22, 2020
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Recession looms as Nigeria’s economy may shrink 8.9% in worst case-Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed

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Strong indications emerged that Nigeria’s economy could shrink as much as 8.9 per cent in 2020 in a worst-case scenario without stimulus, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday.

This implies a deeper recession than forecast after oil prices plunged due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Minister told the National Economic Council NEC, the country’s highest economic advisory body chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, that the contraction could reach 4.4 per cent in a best-case scenario, without any fiscal measures.

In a virtual meeting, in which the 36 governors were in attendance, Ahmed told the council that with stimulus, the contraction could be kept to just 0.59 per cent.

It was gathered that the pandemic and an oil price plunge have not only hit growth but also dented the state’s main source of income, creating large financing needs and weakening the naira.

“We will go into recession – but what we are trying to do is to make sure that it is shallow so that we will quickly come out of it, come 2021,” Ahmed told the council.

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She said 40 per cent of Nigerians were poor and the crisis would increase poverty.

Ahmed said Nigeria had over 6,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, but that this could rise to almost 300,000 by the end of August. So far 200 people are confirmed to have died with the virus.

A World Bank director taking part in the meeting said the Bank was planning a package for immediate fiscal relief for Nigeria.

Ahmed said the proposal was worth $1.5 billion and intended for Nigeria’s states to provide relief at sub-national level. She said it could be disbursed by September.

Nigeria’s first quarter revenue from crude sales was N940.9 billion ($2.6 bn), missing its target by 31 per cent due to the oil price crash, she said.

Ahmed said Nigeria has $72.04 million in its oil savings account as at May 21,compared to $325 million in November last year.

Source: Reuters

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