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A global rating agency, Fitch Rating, has maintained a positive outlook for Nigeria, affirming the country’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating at ‘B-’. The rating agency disclosed this in a statement at the weekend. Fitch Rating attributed its decision to the sustained economic reforms in Nigeria in recent months aimed at implementing fiscal management and policy consistency. However, the agency lamented the country’s weak governance indicators, dependence on hydrocarbons, high inflation, which stood at 32.70 percent in September, and insecurity. “Nigeria’s ‘B-’ rating is suppor…