 achieving double digit growth rates and maintaining strong economic fundamentals, including inflation, exchange and interest rates as well as other monetary aggregates;  achievement of significant progress in economic diversification such as to achieve an economic structure that is robust and consistent with the goals of Nigeria Vision 20:2020;  stimulating the manufacturing sector and strengthening its linkage to the agricultural and oil and gas sectors in order to realize its growth potentials and serve effectively as a strong driver of growth;  raising the competiveness of the real sector to increase the demand for Nigeria’s non-oil products and services;  deepening the financial sector and sustaining its stability to enable it finance the real sector;  encouraging massive investments in infrastructure and human capital and creating an enabling environment for domestic and private investment; and  adopting pragmatic fiscal management and implementing appropriate monetary, trade and debt management policies to support domestic economic activities. 4.1.2 During the period under review, considerable progress was made in the areas of growth of the economy. The overall growth of the economy in 2010 was 7.85% as compared with 6.7% and 6.0% in 2009 and 2008 respectively. The major contributors to the improved GDP growth were oil and gas, telecommunications, building and construction, and wholesale and retail 34