OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria Economic Outlook H2-2021: Walking a Slippery Slope

July 22, 2021/United Capital Report Please click here to download the pdf version of the executive summary Executive Summary Global Economy: Strong but uneven recovery 2021 was tagged the year of return to normalcy, and we highlighted that growth across countries would remain uneven due to differing wealth of nations. Large swathes […]

Reaching Net Zero Emissions

July 22, 2021/IMFBlog By Florence Jaumotte and Gregor Schwerhoff Climate action is gaining momentum. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries have intensified climate action and many have committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050, meaning that any additional carbon emissions will be offset completely by carbon emissions withdrawn from […]

A Surprising Rise in the FAAC Payout

July 22, 2021/Proshare by FBNQuest Research   The gross monthly distribution by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the three tiers of government and public agencies amounted to NGN733bn (USD1.78bn) in July (from June revenue). This was an increase of NGN127bn on the previous payout. From thin coverage in […]