Ifeanyi Uddin

Between technocrats and politicos

Between technocrats and politicos

Underwhelmed by the transition committee members’ insistence that the forthcoming federal cabinet comprise experts in the respective fields that government… Read More

2 years ago

What do market forces promise?

A much better response to the naira’s price crises (both its external price — its exchange rate, and its internal… Read More

2 years ago

What next for the Tinubu administration?

Nigeria has tried root-and-branch reforms to its economy before. Indeed, when the Bible argues that there is nothing new under… Read More

2 years ago

Before this camel’s back breaks

Listen to official policy pronouncements over the years, and it is clear that the “poor and vulnerable” members of our… Read More

2 years ago

Consolidating the Tinubu government’s reforms

In the foreign exchange market, the central bank must quit the retail market completely. Indeed it should only be in… Read More

2 years ago

How do we fix this economy?

…the part of the conversation over the pace and trajectory of the economy that matters more, is where we begin… Read More

2 years ago

Of a pre-ordained arrest

I believe that Mr Godwin Ifeanyichukwu Emefiele is the lousiest central bank governor Nigeria has ever had ― and this is not… Read More

2 years ago

Making sense of the new administration

In office, though, the picture that is emerging is more of a muddle. Mr Tinubu’s inaugural address did not help… Read More

2 years ago

Making sense of Mr Buhari’s eight years

Concerned to repurpose the narrative, post-office, the Buhari administration’s Pollyannaish interpretations of its time in office have consistently failed to… Read More

2 years ago

Of Inflation and Government by Explanation

This unhappy state of the economy, according to the administration’s most recent attempts at making sense of the numbers, was… Read More

2 years ago

What to think of the chores ahead

At the heart of these mutually reinforcing dilemmas…is a conceptual error. Ahead of her victory in 1979, Margaret Thatcher forced… Read More

2 years ago

Between belling the cat and unconditional pardon.

…the holes that have to be plugged over the next one year are as much economic, as they are criminal.… Read More

2 years ago