President Bola Tinubu on Monday welcomed the encouraging news showing that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product grew at 4.43%, in second quarter of 2026, compared with the 4.23 per cent in the second quarter of 2025.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed this on Monday, according to Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
The NBS report also shows growth in agriculture, manufacturing, the oil and gas sector, and the service sector, which now dominates the economy in terms of contribution to aggregate GDP.
In nominal terms, the country’s aggregate GDP in the second quarter stood at N119.27 trillion, up by 18.43 per cent from N100.7 trillion recorded at the same time last year, according to the report.
President Tinubu said the report could not have come at a better time, as the opposition has been trying to diminish his administration’s efforts since May 2023 and even promising to reverse the policies if, perchance, Nigerians voted for them.
