Meeting The MPC
Isn’t it strange that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets today, and the economy’s outlook is the least important of the considerations on the talking[…]
Category: Economy
Treasury Bills As Safe Deposit Instruments
Even as we struggle to make meaning of the country’s dire economic straits, it was without doubt a high watermark in the evolution of the financial services industry. Two discount[…]
Disagreeing On The Fortunes Of The Country
Are there doubts about the record of the current federal government? Yes. Its boosters point to a succession of stellar achievements in support of their claim that the larger portion[…]
How Do We Discuss Our Problems
What is the problem with Nigeria? For good reasons, there are as many answers to this question, as there are persons who have given it a thought. Still, it helps[…]
Why Are We So Cursed?
By definition, an “Act of God” absolves each one of us of personal responsibility. If God wills it, what does it matter what I do, think or say? I cannot[…]
Who Guards The Guardians
Last week, I was concerned with how much the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent measures for managing the demand for and supply of foreign exchange speak to a macroeconomic[…]
Is Nigeria Broke?
Is Nigeria “broke”? “No! It is not!” “Yes! It is!” The ruckus from counter-claims in response to this question is as unhelpful for resolving the quandary, as it is unkind[…]
How Not To Be A Nigerian
Monday, last week, I “unfollowed” an erstwhile “follower” on my Twitter account. It was the first time I had ever done this, although I had previously “unfriended” a Facebook “friend”.[…]
“It’s The Economy Stupid”
Over the last couple of weeks, a succession (profusion?) of, dare I say, “important” events in this country lead to only one conclusion: that everything (at least until 2015) has[…]
On Being A Successful (“normal”) Nigerian
I was recently reminded (facetiously I presume) by a “sister” of mine that “all this big English” will not take me far. And then she “cordially” invited me to join[…]