The Federal Government has said despite the nation’s recent exit from recession, Nigeria’s economy is still vulnerable to shocks.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, said this while addressing a meeting of the National Economic Council presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
According to the highlights of the meeting released by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the minister noted that unemployment and underemployment remained challenges to the nation’s economy.
Akande said the minister gave the council a breakdown of sectoral performance of the economy, disclosing that agriculture had the highest Gross Domestic Product growth.
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