 Nigeria's annual inflation slowed by 0.03% point to 15.60% in January ahead of the release of the growth data next week. So say the head of the National Bureau of Statistics, Simon Harry, the statistics office was said inflation which has been in double digits since 2016 was particularly high in December due to a surge in demand during the Christmas season. Nigeria imports many key goods and services. Dollar shortage has promoted the government and prompted it to put restrictions on foreign exchange supplies, on certain items, cutting supplies of goods and services.