Abstract: Given Nigeria's persistent preference for telecommunications services and a rise in the number ofteledensity, the Nigerian economy remains beleaguered by low growth, low output from the manufacturing sector and high business costs. Therefore, it is against this context that this study used a dynamic ARDL bounds testing technique to examine the contributions of teledensity on economic growth in Nigeria, using the annual time series from 2000 to 2021 obtained from WDIs, NCC, NBS and CBN.The empirical evidence reveals the presence of co-integration between all the indicators. Results showed that the Telecommunication sector Revenue, Foreign Direct Investment, and Consumer Price Index positively impacted economic growth, while manufacturing output had a negative....
Key Word: Teledensity; Telecommunication; Consumer price index, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic growth.
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