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Effect of Government Recurrent Expenditure on Economic Prosperity in Nigeria

The study investigated effect of government recurrent expenditure on economic prosperity in Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to examine effect of administration expenditure, economic services expenditure, and social and community services (which are proxies for government recurrent expenditure) on gross national product (proxied by economic prosperity) in Nigeria. The study adopted ex-post facto research design and secondary data were extracted from the CBN Statistical Bulletin for the period 1981 – 2022. The multiple regression was used for the test of hypotheses. Findings s…