Nigeria: Pantami Hails ICT's 14.07% Contribution to GDP

1 June 2020

Lagos and Abuja — Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has expressed satisfaction with the latest statistics released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which shows ICT has contributed 14.07 per cent to the country's Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2020.

The minister, in a statement at the weekend by his Technical Assistant in charge of Information Technology, Dr. Femi Adeniyi, said: "The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, is delighted to hear of the growth of ICT's contribution to Nigeria's GDP in the first quarter of 2020 (Q1 2020). The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product Report for Q1 2020 on May 25, 2020.

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