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IMF Lauds Nigeria’s Belt-tightening response to declining Oil Prices

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has applauded Nigeria’s response to the declining prices of oil just as African finance ministers expressed concern that the slow growth of the Chinese economy will impact negatively on many African countries.
Responding to a question at the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings, yesterday, the IMF  Managing  Director, Christine Lagarde, commended Nigeria’s strategic response to the oil price slide.

According to her, as  one of the seven oil-producing nations in the African region affected by the revenue loss, Nigeria’s response was commendable.

Seventy per cent of Nigeria’s revenue is derived from the sale of crude petroleum products, and  since the middle of last year, the country  and other Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have suffered over 50 per cent loss in revenue.
In a bid to manage the development, the federal government rolled out a cocktail of belt-tightening measures aimed at minimising the vulnerability arising from the attendant revenue losses from oil exports.

Such measures include surcharges on some luxury consumption, reduction in overseas trainings by government officials, voluntary cut in National Assembly budget, salaries of President Goodluck Jonathan and other top government functionaries.

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