Despite a high debt profile, Dr. Ijuptil argues that “Millions of Nigerians are struggling with rising food prices, expensive transportation, weak wages, deepening poverty, and insecurity, the debate over whether Nigeria has officially defaulted is beginning to sound detached from everyday reality.”
In this Op-ed, Dr. Ijuptil K. Joseph critically examines Nigeria’s borrowing spree, arguing that “until transparency, discipline, and trust improve, every new loan approval may feel less like progress and more like déjà vu.”
Dr. Ijuptil K. Joseph situates the controversial UK–Nigeria migration deal around deportation, debt and diplomacy discourse, raising serious concerns.
In this brilliant piece, Advocatus Africa’s in-house data and annotation analyst, Dr. Ijuptil K. Joseph, argues that “Despite advances in financial technology and digital payments, the remittance market in many African corridors remains highly concentrated and insufficiently competitive.”
