Ifeanyi Uddin

From global banking crises to cooked domestic goose

From global banking crises to cooked domestic goose

The crises (triggered by the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank in the US, where a run saw US$42 billion worth… Read More

2 years ago

Cashless Nigeria, an idea of immeasurable beauty?

The signs are not good at all. The early morning queues at bank branches as customers scurry to secure access… Read More

2 years ago

Letter to the president-elect

As with every government since we committed to move the economy to a private sector-led growth platform, your predecessor struggled… Read More

2 years ago

Banknotes swap and the challenge of good governance

Command-and-control measures, as we are beginning to discover, by sucking the very lifeblood (as it were) from the economy injure… Read More

2 years ago

Monetary policy for scofflaws

Could we have gone about things differently? And would this have ensured a more civilised outcome? Yes. And Yes. Anyone… Read More

2 years ago

Why are Nigerians this bad?

There is no reason why the last couple of weeks should not go down as the most unusual in the… Read More

2 years ago

Regulation as performance art

So why does the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee go through the motion of regularly tinkering with an orphaned instrument? As… Read More

3 years ago

In defence of neoliberal economics

what makes the attempt to blame Nigeria’s woes on neoliberal economics well-nigh impossible to come to terms with, is more… Read More

3 years ago

Why we cannot export our way out of this crisis

The one constant in the domestic export equation over the last century ― a poorly run local economy ― ought… Read More

3 years ago

Why hitching currency redesign to CBN’s cashless policy isn’t as smart as it sounds

Why then do we continue to ignore policy errors, while blaming our people’s love for holding cash? In truth, a… Read More

3 years ago

Why write at all about Nigeria?

Key questions are, “Why do Nigerians prefer cash?” “At what income levels is this preference most pronounced?” And “are there… Read More

3 years ago

Nigeria is NOT Different. The Nigerian Mind is Warped

“Nigeria is different!”. This is how our mavens explain the arduous circumstances that have been the country’s lot over the… Read More

3 years ago