Set against the Tinubu government’s goal of building a US$1 trillion economy by 2030, the GDP numbers released recently by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) do not give cause for cheer. What are the causes for concern? The fact that last quarter’s aggregate growth rate is nowhere near the minimum annual growth rate of 7 percent by 2027 that achievement of the government’s goal calls for is one such. Then, again, the goal had a Panglossian ring to it from the get-go. But…
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