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To Cite this Article: Ezema, C. A. (2019). Government Sectoral Expenditure in Pension and Gratuities and its Implication to the Economy, Econometric Evidence from Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(9), 140–152.
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