employees inspect the production of hand sanitizers in cormart factory as the company steps up production of hand sanitizers to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease covid19 in the outskirts of lagos nigeria march 19 2020 picture taken march 19 2020 reuterstemilade adelaja abuja may 23 reuters  nigerias economy grew 311 in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the same period a year earlier its sixth consecutive quarterly growth the countrys statistics office said on monday the economy has been bouncing back since covid19 disruptions the national bureau of statistics said however growth in the first quarter was slower than in the fourth quarter of 2021 the statistics office said crude production in the first quarter fell to 149 million barrels per day from 172 million barrels in the same quarter of 2021 while the nonoil sector rose 608 in the three months to march up 528 from the same period last year