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Nigeria recorded an economic growth of 2.55 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019, its highest quarterly growth since the 2016 recession. Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning joins CNBC Africa’s Esther Awoniyi for a focus on Africa’s largest economy.</p>


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FinMin Zainab Ahmed on Nigeria’s growth outlook, how to increase revenue base

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed says it is very important for African countries to balance the need between development and debt sustainability. She also stressed that Nigeria is not anywhere near debt distress levels when asked about the government&#8217;s recent borrowing plans. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor caught up with Zainab Ahmed in Dakar at International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) international conference on Sustainable Development and Debt Sustainability.</p>


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Sustainable Development, Sustainable Debt: Zainab Ahmed: Nigeria not anywhere near debt distress levels

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<p>Calls for exhaustive dialogue continue to trail the passage of Nigeria’s Finance Bill 2019. Taiwo Oyedele, Partner and West Africa Tax Leader at PwC Nigeria, says the bill is in line with global best practices and offers potential positive impact for Nigeria’s economy. He joins CNBC Africa’s Christy Cole on the side-lines of the Executive Session on Finance Bill and Tax Strategy where Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed convened with stakeholders to discuss the country’s 2019 Finance Bill.</p>


Nigeria’s Finance Bill 2019: PwC’s Oyedele on what the bill means to the country’s economy

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<p>Despite concerns on the state of Nigeria’s debt, the country’s Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigeria has a revenue problem and not a debt problem. Egie Akpata, Director of Union Capital Markets joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed says Nigeria&#8217;s debt profile increased by design as the ERGP was designed to borrow more in the first two years, but lagging government revenues is impacting the ability to service the repayment of debt obligations. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Wole Famurewa caught up with her at the Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja to discuss this and more.</p>


Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed speaks about Nigeria’s debt strategy

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<p>Nigeria&#8217;s &#8216;s minister of Power works and housing, Babatunde Fashola had earlier noted that the government won&#8217;t revoke the privatisation of the sector.</p>


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FinMin Zainab Ahmed on Nigeria’s growth outlook, how to increase revenue base

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