Nigeria’s latest economic reform agenda is increasingly centred on expanding access to credit as a catalyst for growth. The Federal Government believes that strengthening the country’s credit ecosystem could unlock more than $100 billion in additional economic value, stimulate investment, create jobs, and accelerate its ambition of building a $1 trillion economy.
Synopsis: In December 1974, a crucial document was classified within American power: The National Security Study Memorandum 200, commonly known…
Until Nigeria reduces its exposure to oil price cycles and significantly expands non-oil revenue capacity, every budget will continue to sit on a tension between projected optimism and structural constraint.
In this op-ed, Advocatus Africa’s in-house data analyst, Dr. Ijuptil K. Joseph, measures President Tinubu’s so-called economic reforms against the current reality on the ground. He argues that, “Until Nigerians feel those changes personally, the reforms will remain politically fragile and socially contested.”
A US-based digital creator and diasporic journalist has criticised the World Bank for recommending that Nigeria should depend on foreign imports despite having the new Dangote refinery.
