Nigeria not doing badly compared with other African countries — CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said Nigeria is not doing badly compared with other African countries.

According to the apex bank, the country’s inflation rate is better compared to most African nations.

Speaking on Tuesday at the 2023 Zenith Bank International Trade Seminar, the acting Governor of the CBN, Folashodun Shonubi said there were several contributing factors to the global inflation rise.JAMB Portal

Shonubi, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Economic Policy at the CBN, Kingsley Obiorah, while shedding light on the theme, ‘Nigerian Non-Oil Export Industry. The Present, The Future,’ held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos; lamented the low growth rate in non-oil exports to Gross Domestic Product ratio.

According to PUNCH, he said, “Now, when you come down to Africa and neighbouring Ghana, At the last count inflation there is at 42.5 per cent. We have it at 31 per cent in Ethiopia and 36 per cent in Egypt.

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“So, in our dear country, we are at 22.8 per cent. When you hear these figures, it tells you that we’re not doing as badly but all of this has also affected economic growth itself. Today, the IMF has revised growth downwards from 3.5% per cent to three per cent this year and 3 per cent next year.”InformationGuideNigeria

“For Sub-Saharan Africa, they expect growth to moderate from 4.1 per cent last year to 3.5 per cent this year, but to take back again to just slightly over 4 v next year. In Nigeria they expect us to do 3.2 per cent this year” he added.JAMB Result

PUNCH reports that Shonubi further stated, “We know that the war between Russia and Ukraine is contributing a lot as the two countries are very important commodity exporters. Both of them account for 30 per cent of sunflower exports in the world. So, when such a region is at war, you know what will happen to food prices worldwide.

“We know too that there’s been a shift in demand from goods to services; services are usually more expensive. There’s also the disruption going on in China today with their zero COVID policy, power cuts as we know, and then the switch from coal to more renewable energy has also meant that power is not as valuable as it used to be.NYSC Portal 

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