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The minister gave some of the signs that the economy was on its way out of recession as marginal reduction in inflation rate which is the first in 15 months, relative stability in the foreign exchange market, steady increase in the foreign exchange reserves and renewed investor confidence which resulted into the oversubscription of the country’s $1bn Eurobond by eight times.

She said, “We have looked at all the indices for investment and Nigeria is lagging behind in most of them. First and foremost is the power supply challenge. You find some manufacturers devoting 40 per cent of their cost of production to power.