Adeosun: I think we are getting out of recession

Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says she thinks Nigeria is getting out of recession.

Adeosun said this on Friday while speaking on Sunrise Daily,  a Channels Television programme.

The minister said the current administration inheritted a lot of problems but that the country was getting on the path of sustainable growth.

“I think we are getting out of recession, all the statistics seems to suggest that but more importantly, we are getting on the part o the growth that will be sustainable so we can see a future for Nigeria. So, I think it is getting better,” she said.

“We inherited a lot of problems, the Nigerian economy didn’t just need a little bit of fix here and there but needed radical surgery and to heal it will take a little bit longer.”

She also said that prices of food commodities were high because of the cost of transporting the produce from the local to the urban areas.