In a statement signed by Director-General of LCCI, Chinyere Almona titled ‘the LCCI new year statement on the economy 2023,’ the body said the listed sectors would deliver a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate above 3 percent in 2023, higher than the 2 percent recorded in 2022.
“In 2023, government’s intervention through targeted financing support to the agro sector can boost agricultural production, create jobs, and lower the spiking food inflation that has been responsible mainly for the rising headline inflation all through 2022.