Opinion
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THAT CONTROVERSY AROUND A CRASHED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NIGERIA
The other day, I was invited alongside some other economists, to a parley with the Statistician General (SG), to…
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LESSONS FROM CHINA’S TARGETED POVERTY ERADICATION STRATEGY
In 2018, I read an article by Solomon Elusoji, in Thisday Newspapers, which caught my attention about the way…
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NIGERIAN SOCIAL REGISTER – A GENIUS IDEA OR MERE SELF-DELUSION?
Still on the subject of Nigeria’s social register, people like me had expressed cynicism about its veracity for several…
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N8,000 MONTHLY PER FAMILY – MUST WE TAKE THE WORLD BANK’S ADVISE?
As I type this, many Nigerians – especially the more comfortable, social media savvy ones – are freaking out…
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ACHIEVING GDP GROWTH THROUGH AN EMPLOYMENT FOCUS
I believe that it is important to have the promises made during the campaigns by the ruling party in…
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DON’T OUR MINISTERS OF FINANCE UNDERSTAND MORAL HAZARD AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
The news of Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Finance, Budgeting and National Planning picking up a job as an…
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Sustaining the recent economic reforms
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration within its first few days in office announced far-reaching reforms to reposition the economy on…
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RESCUING PRESIDENT TINUBU FROM LIBERAL ECONOMISTS BACK TO LEFT-OF-CENTRE
I must admit that the policies put into action by President Bola Tinubu these first few days are hard…
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THE CONTROVERSY OVER DAILY TRUST REPORTAGE ON NAIRA VALUE
So I was watching Arise the other day, and as usual Rotus Odiri gave some sound education on intraday trades…
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Where is West Africa's MPESA?
So, in Kenya they have had this MPESA innovation in payment systems which makes it easy for commerce especially…
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