The World Bank Group has predicted real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 2.1 per cent for Nigeria for 2019, slightly lower than the 2.2 per cent it had predicted for the country same year in a report early this year. But the bank projected a 2.2 per cent growth for the country for 2020 and 2.4 per cent for 2021.

The World Bank has said that the Nigerian economy is slipping.

According to the World Bank, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Africa grew by 16.2% to $43 billion in 2013, as a result of encouraging...