Nigeria will exceed IMF growth forecasts for 2026–2028 — Oyedele

Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has expressed confidence that the country’s economy will grow faster than the International Monetary Fund’s projections for 2026, 2027 and 2028.
Oyedele described the IMF’s forecasts as conservative, saying the Federal Government expected economic growth to exceed the projections over the three years.
He made the remarks during an exclusive interview with ARISE News on the sidelines of the 2026 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand.
The IMF has projected that Nigeria’s economy will grow by 4.1 per cent in 2026 and 4.3 per cent in 2027.
However, Oyedele said the government expected...