Nigeria's Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said the nation plans to get out of recession by boosting government non-oil revenues and cracking down on corruption. Reuters reports that Mrs. Adeosun made the remarks while fielding questions from reporters at the World Bank conference in Washington on Thursday. Meanwhile, Mrs. Adeosun said the government will also issue more international debt to pay for infrastructural projects. Mrs. Adeosun said her aim was to get the non-oil sector of Nigeria's economy which accounts for around 90 per cent of GDP to contribute to government revenues. "Improving non-oil revenues is something we are working hard on.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 21, 2017 09:33 UTC