Nigeria, July 22 -- Nigeria's agricultural sector recorded a year-on-year growth of 0.07 per cent in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2025, a new report released Monday by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

This growth, the NBS said, signifies an increase of 1.85 percentage points compared to the same period in 2024, though it reflects a decline of 2.48 percentage points from the previous quarter, which experienced a growth rate of 2.54 per cent.

Additionally, the report indicates that the agricultural sector contracted by 34.70 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis. Despite this contraction, the sector contributed 23.33 per cent to the aggregate GDP in real terms for the first quarter of 2025.

The...