1.87% Economic Growth, N4.75tn Export Revenue, N464m Lab Trial

For Today’s Numbers to Ponder, Nigeria witnesses 1.87% economic growth, amidst the global pandemic and crude oil price slash. In the same vein, the country’s export cashbook recorded N4.75tn as export revenue. Between 2015 and 2019, the Nigerian government budgeted N464m for eight human-related clinical trials of locally produced drugs. Moreso, it has also approved 10 billion naira worth of loans and grants to various groups to conduct for healthcare-related research.