Nigeria: Structural issues, not oil prices, drag down growth

Yesterday’s Nigerian GDP figures showed that the country’s economy slowed even more sharply than weexpected in the second quarter. While low oil prices have battered the economy, the recent figures pointto a slowdown caused more by structural weaknesses than commodity price fluctuations.

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