Nigeria finmin sees 2015 GDP growth at 6.75 percent

Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes part in a discussion on "Challengers of Job-Rich and Inclusive Growth: Growth and Reform Challenges" during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting in Washington October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's finance minister said on Tuesday she expected economic growth for 2015 to be around 6.75 percent, an improvement on the government's forecast of 6.2 percent this year. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the country's oil savings account, the excess crude account, was broadly flat since August at $4.11 billion and that the fledgling sovereign wealth fund had $1.55 billion in it, she told a media conference.