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Nigeria’s Private Sector Growth Accelerates to 13-Month High

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Ronald Adamolekun

Ronald Adamolekun is a financial journalist with an expansive experience covering markets, energy, banking, tech and the political economy.
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Nigeria’s private sector expanded at its fastest pace in over a year in February as output, purchasing activity, and new orders accelerated, according to the Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Monday.

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