Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the
Economy, says she is confident that growth in 2014 will be around the
government’s latest forecast of 6.5 percent after discounting the economic
impact of the insurgency waged by Boko Haram.
“We
are confident it will be better than 6 percent and about 6.5,” Okonjo-Iweala said in a Reuters report.
The
government’s latest forecast set in the past few days, puts 2014 growth at 6.5
percent, she said, adding that the forecast already discounted the impact from
the Boko Haram insurgency.
Okonjo-Iweala
said
the economic impact on Nigeria from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was
not yet significant.
The
minister was in Singapore to attend a conference on Friday jointly organised by
Singapore state investor Temasek, Goldman Sachs and the National University of
Singapore, that discussed issues related to sustainable growth.
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