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Nigeria’s GDP to surpass pre-Covid trends by 2024

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November 27, 2021
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Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Friday said Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could surpass pre-COVID trends by 2024.

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Emefiele said this at the 56th Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Annual Bankers Dinner in Lagos.

According to him, the apex banks in-house model shows a continued and strong rebound of the domestic economy.

“The CBN’s in-house model, after an exhaustive simulation with various oil price possibilities and numerous scenarios of other macroeconomic metrics, indicate a continued and strong rebound of the domestic economy,’’ he said.

Emefiele said the near-term outlook of the country’s economy was brightening significantly, with improvements projected into the short and the medium term.

He said that the real GDP growth rate was projected to remain robust and strengthen within the short term.

“Output growth rate is projected to remain positive from 4.03 per cent in 2021 Q3 to nearly 2.91 per cent in 2021 Q4 implying a total growth of about 3.10 per cent for 2021.

“ Short term projection indicates a continued strengthening of the growth rate.

”Deliberate structural policies and reforms are needed to raise these projected trend higher towards the desired 5 percent average growth level,” he said.

Emefiele said that output growth rate for the Nigerian economy was estimated by key institutions to consolidate in 2021.

He said International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank projected real growth rates of 2.6 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively, while Federal Ministry of Finance and National Planning estimate stood at 3.0 per cent.

“Generally, real GDP growth rate is projected to remain robust and strengthen within the short term, regardless of the immanent vulnerabilities.

“ With this continued strengthening, real GDP could recover beyond the pre-pandemic levels by 2022. Q1.

”Further simulations of the medium term projections suggest that Nigeria’s real GDP could surpass pre-COVID trends by 2024,’’ Emefiele said.

On Inflation rate, the CBN governor said that headline inflation rate was expected to moderate to 15.35 per cent and 14.91 per cent by December 2021 and February 2022, respectively.

He said core inflation was equally forecasted to fall from 13.74 per cent in October 2021 to 13.39 per cent in December 2021 and further to 12.68 per cent by February 2022.

Emefiele said that food inflation was als forecasted to fall from 19.57 per cent to 17.26 per cent and 16.58 per cent over the same period.

He said domestic disinflation was projected on the backdrop of favourable impact of various CBN interventions on real sector and gradual upscale of economic activity, which was expected to keep prices moderate in near-term.

On Foreign Exchange reserves, Emefiele predicted that the country’s external reserves might surpass $42 billion by mid-2022 from $41.5 billion in 2021 Q3.

He attributed the steady increase in external reserves to the dynamics of oil price and foreign exchange demand for import.

“Generally, external reserves is expected to be at relatively comfortable levels with expectation of sustained trend of current crude oil price, impact of Eurobond Issuance and stable exchange rate condition,” he said.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, said CBN under Emefiele leadership left no stone unturned to ensure that credits were given to Small, Medium and Large businesses in the country.

“I stand here as a major beneficiary of the can-do spirit that the Nigerian banking sector has shown us,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu thanked the banking stakeholders for ensuring that they could collaborate and put COVID-19 pandemic behind.

He added that this had led to knowing the importance of banking sector to the growth of the economy.

The governor said that credit was important and had shown its power to deepen Nigerian struggling economy in the face of COVID-19 pandemic and disaster.

“Nigeria cannot be an exception, we must continue to brainstorm on how we can reduce cost of credit and burden to our beneficiaries,’’ Sanwo-Olu said.

Earlier, Dr Bayo Olugbemi, CIBN President, commended CBN governor on the slight improvement seen in the exchange rate.

“Worthy of note is the improvement, though slight, being witnessed in the exchange rate of the Naira. I wish to call for its sustenance.

”We are certainly working in interesting times with global growth rate at its lowest and traditional norms being challenged on a daily basis.

“ I would also like to congratulate CBN Governor on the official lunch of e-naira, Africa’s first Central Bank Digital Currency, which principal aim is to deepen financial inclusion and integrate millions of unbanked Nigerians into the banking system.

“Whilst the modality for the operation is being fine-tuned, I have no doubt in my mind that it is a welcome development and a step in the right direction,’’ Olugbemi said.

The Annual Bankers’ Dinner provides an atmosphere for stakeholders to reflect on the developments in the banking industry and economy over the past year while gaining insights into the incoming year

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