Nigerians react as GDP growth hits 4.43 percent

Nigerians person questioned the interaction of Nigeria’s economical maturation aft the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, grew by 4.43 percent successful existent presumption successful the 2nd 4th of 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS.

The NBS, successful its GDP study released connected Monday, said Africa’s astir populous system grew from the 3.89 percent recorded successful Q1 2026.

The latest fig represents a 0.20 percentage-point summation from the 4.23 percent recorded successful the 2nd 4th of 2025.

According to the NBS, the country’s nominal GDP stood astatine N119.29 trillion, portion existent GDP stood astatine N53.47 trillion successful Q2 2026.

NBS information showed that the services sector, with 56.62 percent, and the agriculture sector, with 26.15 percent, led the economy, portion the concern sector, astatine 3.96 percent, slowed during the play nether review.

Reacting, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, successful a connection by his statesmanlike spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, said Nigeria’s GDP maturation was encouraging and assured Nigerians of stronger economical performance.

However, Nigerians took to X to question the economical interaction of the country’s GDP growth.

A Nigerian simply known arsenic Lawrence connected X said: “The int...