Nigeria’s Economy in 2025: Growth, Reforms, and the Reality on Ground Every economy is driven by the core factors of production—land, labour, capital, and entrepreneurship—while productivity determines how effectively these elements translate into growth. To understand Nigeria’s economic and business performance in 2025, it is essential to examine trade dynamics, fiscal reforms, consumer behaviour, and public confidence in government policy. Nigeria recorded a 3.84% year-on-year GDP growth in Q4 2024 , the fastest pace in three years, driven largely by the services sector (5.37%) and increased festive-season demand. Overall growth for 2024 stood at 3.4%, up from 2.74% in 2023 , according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). However, economists such as Marcel Okeke have raised concerns that growth was service-led rather than productivity-driven, highlighting structural weaknesses in the economy. Nigeria’s 2025 fiscal year officially commenced on January 1, 2025 , under a strict...
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