Underwhelmed by the transition committee members’ insistence that the forthcoming federal cabinet comprise experts in the respective fields that government… Read More
A much better response to the naira’s price crises (both its external price — its exchange rate, and its internal… Read More
Nigeria has tried root-and-branch reforms to its economy before. Indeed, when the Bible argues that there is nothing new under… Read More
Listen to official policy pronouncements over the years, and it is clear that the “poor and vulnerable” members of our… Read More
In the foreign exchange market, the central bank must quit the retail market completely. Indeed it should only be in… Read More
…the part of the conversation over the pace and trajectory of the economy that matters more, is where we begin… Read More
I believe that Mr Godwin Ifeanyichukwu Emefiele is the lousiest central bank governor Nigeria has ever had ― and this is not… Read More
In office, though, the picture that is emerging is more of a muddle. Mr Tinubu’s inaugural address did not help… Read More
Concerned to repurpose the narrative, post-office, the Buhari administration’s Pollyannaish interpretations of its time in office have consistently failed to… Read More
This unhappy state of the economy, according to the administration’s most recent attempts at making sense of the numbers, was… Read More
At the heart of these mutually reinforcing dilemmas…is a conceptual error. Ahead of her victory in 1979, Margaret Thatcher forced… Read More
…the holes that have to be plugged over the next one year are as much economic, as they are criminal.… Read More