5 Measures Taken by FG to Pull Nigeria Out of Recession

buhari-emefiele-aacbv-gidibaseThe Federal Government of Nigeria has started taking some measures with the aim of pulling the country out of its worst recession in close to thirty years.

Below is a list of 5 things the federal government is doing in its battle to pull the Nigerian economy out of recession:

  • The recent injection of N374 billion ($1bn) into the economy. N420 billion has been spent so far.
  • Payment of capital expenditures
  • Provision of subsidised loans to one million traders
  • An Emergency Spending Bill, to shorten the process of spending money (through award of contracts) is ready for the National Assembly
  • Foreign portfolio investors have injected $1 billion in the last two and half months.