Festus Keyamo, Minister of States for Labour and Employment, has said that Nigeria Fares better than major countries in the world in terms of the percentage of the rising inflation rate.
Keyamo who made this statement while appearing as a guest on Channels TV Political program, Politics Today, said the nation fared better than the United States of America, Canada, Russia, Spain, and others in the way the inflation is increasing.
According to him, other countries across the world had their inflation rate increased by a percentage that is way higher than that of Nigeria.
“With what we have gone through in the last seven years, Nigeria has done well in a context of macro global economy of major countries across the world.
“The inflation rate was hovering around 13 percent in 2020 around the pandemic. Now we are doing 18 percent. Which is about five percent.
“We are better than major countries around the world like the United States of America, like Canada, like Russia, like Spain, like Germany. Go and fact-check me. I am not saying their inflation is 18 percent. I am talking about the percentage of increase. In other words, we have tried to keep inflation down more than major countries.
“In fact, Ghana is worse. Ghana did 19 percent in term of increase. Ghana inflation now is about 29 or 30 percent. We are doing 18 percent. USA, Canada, Germany, and others are hovering between 10 percent and seven percent, higher than Nigeria which is doing five percent. It could have been worse, that’s the point I’m making,” Keyamo said.
