From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday, said that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth stands at 3.54 per cent whereas the nominal aggregate GDP in the second quarter of 2022 on a year-on-year basis is N45.00 trillion.
In a statement, the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran, said that in nominal terms, aggregate GDP stood at N45.00 trillion in the second quarter of 2022, saying that this performance is higher when compared to the second quarter of 2021 which recorded N39.12 trillion, indicating a year-on-year nominal growth rate of 15.03 per cent. He said: “The nominal Gross Domestic Product in the preceding quarter of Q1 2022 stood at N45.32 trillion. In terms of real GDP, the second quarter of 2022 was recorded at N17.29 trillion, higher by N591.22 billion than the N16.69 trillion recorded in the second quarter of 2021 and lower by N63.50 billion when compared to the first quarter of 2022 when the aggregate real GDP was N17.35 trillion.
Giving further, he said: “The crude oil production in the second quarter of 2022 recorded an average daily oil production of 1.43 million barrels per day (mbpd), lower than the daily average production of 1.61mbpd recorded in the same quarter of 2021 by 0.18mbpd, and lower than the first quarter of 2022 production volume of 1.49mbpd by 0.06mbpd.” This sector in the second quarter of 2022 was mainly driven by activities in the information and communication (telecommunication) sector; trade; financial and insurance (financial institutions); transportation (road transport); agriculture (crop production) and manufacturing (food, beverage & tobacco), all accounting for positive GDP growth.
In real terms, Adeniran, noted, the non-oil sector contributed 93.67 per cent to the nation’s GDP in the second quarter of 2022, higher than the share recorded in the second quarter of 2021 which was 92.58 per cent, and higher than the first quarter of 2022 at 93.37 per cent.