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ABSTRACT
This study identifies the high linked sector among the economic sectors of the Nigeria economy using Rasmussen method (1956) with the help of the Leontief inverse matrix. The data source of this study is the input-output transaction table of the whole sectors published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Statistical Bulletin of CBN for the year 2012. The constructed input-output (I-O) table provides a concise and systematic arrangement of all economic activities within an economy. It shows the intersect-oral flows in monetary terms for a particular year where the flows represent the intermediate goods. The result of this study indicate that information & communication, manufacturing and other sector (such as; agriculture, transportation and crude oil & natural gas) have a strong backward and forward linkage which are identified as the key sector while construction and accommodation & food services have a strong backward linkage but a weak linkage. The results from this work may be used by policy makers in terms of which sectors of the economy stimulate (for example, by cutting down interest rate to boost domestic demand, decreasing taxes, or with the help of subsiding) in order to gain better results in the field of economic development of Nigeria.
