Back-out the rose-tinted spectacles with which boosters of the Buhari government contemplate its achievements, and from my vantage last week,… Read More
“So, what’s your problem?”, I asked. “Are there no adults associated with ‘Project Nigeria’?”, was her response. I’m yet to… Read More
Seeing as both responses (our elite in answer to its aides, and the U.K. government in response to would-be travellers… Read More
Of the more challenging aspects of policy formulation/implementation, that of holding unintended consequences at the barest minimum is the more… Read More
As the CBN continues to rewrite monetary economics, the old hymnal no longer matters… we will have to wait until… Read More
…starved of oil receipts, as presently structured, the economy will hurt. However, the catch is in the phrase “as presently… Read More
Once the recipient of large investments and a big employer of labour, of late the domestic manufacturing sector has spent… Read More
Reflecting on the dysfunctional state of the country, you would be excused for thinking that the absence of ideological leanings… Read More
…if it takes nearly a year-and-half between a central bank’s monetary policy decision and when the economy responds to this,… Read More
Reflecting on the depth of and widening rot that the Nigerian state is fast morphing into, it is difficult to… Read More
The Buhari government has since coming into office in 2015 spent more than it has budgeted for every year. The… Read More
In a qualified sense, then, the CBN’s cheap money policy is a far bigger threat to the fabric of our… Read More