Nigeria’s economy in bad shape –UNDP
Amidst declining revenue and foreign exchange earnings coupled with rising debt service payments, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on Imagine Nigeria, has declared that the country’s economy is in very bad shape. According to the report, which is expected to be launched tomorrow, (Wednesday, August 10, 2022), the COVID-19 pandemic has been detrimental to Nigeria’s economy, now made worse by a decline in revenue and foreign exchange earnings due largely to the fall in oil prices and reduced demand. The report also noted that the decline in revenue meant an overdependence on borrowing and an increased debt service payments with more than half of the annual Federal Government revenues being used to service debts. The report said “Beyond the short-term challenges for the oil sector, principal forex earner for Nigeria are the longer-term concerns as the world makes determined moves to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels. “Unemployment, underemployment and their effects on poverty have remained a bane for Nigeria. If no urgent measures are deployed soon, Nigeria with its teeming population is certain to fall in desperate times. Sun
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