From global banking crises to cooked domestic goose, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Consensus is that the domestic markets are not broad and deep ...
Tag: Nigerian economy
Nigerian economy: The case for additional reforms, By Uddin Ifeanyi
This is the often unspoken argument for further domestic reforms. Changes to our rules will not of their own lead ...
Letter to the president-elect, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Nigerian President Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. As with every government since we committed to move the economy to a private ...
Banknotes swap and the challenge of good governance, By Uddin Ifeanyi
New Naira notes Command-and-control measures, as we are beginning to discover, by sucking the very lifeblood (as it were) from ...
The task before the incoming president, By Agbo, Ochonu & Kperogi
"Whoever wins the election had better be prepared to hit the ground running from Day One. That means there will ...
How I’ll tackle nation’s security challenges – APGA presidential candidate
Peter Umeadi says he will adopt some measures including a holistic review of the security apparatus with special attention to ...
Regulation as performance art, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) So why does the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee go through the motion of regularly tinkering ...
In defence of neoliberal economics, By Uddin Ifeanyi
...what makes the attempt to blame Nigeria’s woes on neoliberal economics well-nigh impossible to come to terms with, is more ...
CPPE raises concerns over excise duty hike
High tax burden on businesses is detrimental to investment and job creation, the think tank said.
Why we cannot export our way out of this crisis, By Uddin Ifeanyi
The one constant in the domestic export equation over the last century ― a poorly run local economy ― ought ...
Fuel subsidy removal will improve Nigeria’s revenues by at least N6 trillion – CPPE
The CPPE said the exchange rate assumption in the budget should be immediately reviewed
Nigeria and my smoked salmon, By Kingsley Moghalu
Engaged in my gastronomical encounter with my plate of salmon, one of Chile’s largest exports, the pleasure of a fine ...
Reforms in avoidance of a new debt peonage, By Uddin Ifeanyi
The immediate challenge for the next government is to stabilise the economy. This might require selling some of what remains ...
Between improving governments’ tax take and growing private spending, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Whatever the preferred management style in the next four years, the overarching national goal is to get the economy to ...
How Nigeria’s economy can grow in double digits, By ‘Tope Fasua
Big ideas could also lead to a leap in GDP. The good thing is that nothing stops different sectors from ...
No turning back on cashless policy, Emefiele says after meeting Buhari
The central bank governor says limits may be amended but the policy will go forward.
Why this economy will fail again, By Uddin Ifeanyi
It is scant surprise that the fowls are coming home to roost as the Buhari administration winds down. Domestic prices ...
Buhari urges Korean businesses to invest more in Nigeria
The president acknowledged some significant investments by Korean companies in Nigeria
Of cosmetic political party manifestoes, By Uddin Ifeanyi
What to make of the party’s desire “for a stronger, more stable naira founded upon a vibrant and productive real ...
BBNaija Season 7 cost N4.7 billion to produce- Multichoice
“This year, we employed over 1,200 people, directly and indirectly, we touched every bit of the economy, and today we ...
What are our presidential candidates’ thoughts on the economy?, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Peter Obi, Tinubu and Atiku Although most commentators imagine we would end up across the table from the IMF agreeing ...
Fasten your seatbelts: How to navigate the economic turbulence ahead, By Usman Shettima
Considering Nigeria’s economic situation, it is a tragedy for so many low and middle-income earners who may likely fall through ...
Designing policy in straitened economic times, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Back home, confronted by the same facts, our governments would have banned everything that moves. Cap prices. Tax windfall profits. ...
Positive Q2 GDP numbers versus the sense of a failing economy, By Uddin Ifeanyi
What do the GDP data for the second quarter of this year tell of? Year-on-year, the economy grew by 3.54% ...
On price-fixing and identity management: Priorities for the next president, By Tunde Leye
...the first order of priority for Nigeria’s next president should be to reverse this insipid prioritisation of fixing the price ...
