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ECOWAS economy grows by 3.1%, expected to hit 3.3% by end of 2019  

Titobioluwa Okunade by Titobioluwa Okunade
December 7, 2019
in Business News, Politics, Spotlight
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The economy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) grew by 3.1% as at the end of the second quarter of 2019 and it’s expected to hit 3.3% by the end of the year.

According to Punch, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, while speaking at the opening session of a meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks on the currency programme, disclosed that in spite the vulnerability of the global economy, the ECOWAS sub-region was making progress in its growth trajectory.

Mrs Ahmed stated that the improved economic performance could be attributed to relative stability in commodities’ prices and greater investment in agriculture and the services sector. However, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kasi, in his welcome address stressed that in spite of the progress made, there was still much work to be done.

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Meanwhile, Mrs Ahmed speaking on the domestic front, disclosed that the Nigerian economy was recording improvement also, and the Nigerian Government was implementing various reforms to enable the country achieve its targets for the monetary marriage.

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