Nigeria’s GDP growth slowed to 3.1% y/y in Q1 as robust growth in the non-oil sector was more than offset by a slump in the oil sector. Looser fiscal policy ahead of elections in early 2023 will provide some support to activity going forward, but continued weakness in oil production and disruptions caused by draconian FX policies underpin our below-consensus forecast for growth of 2.3% over 2022 as a whole.
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