Niger expects GDP growth to increase to 6.5pc in 2019

Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou attends the opening of the 54th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, in Abuja, Nigeria. [Photo: Reuters]

NIAMEY- Niger expects economic growth to rise to 6.5 percent in 2019 from 5.2 percent last year, owing in part to significant investments in the oil sector, President Mahamadou Issoufou has said.

In an address late on Monday, Issoufou said the oil sector would receive $4 billion in investment over the next two years.