OPINION/EDITORIAL

Checking the Receipts from Pandemic-Related Spending

May 20, 2021/IMFBlog By Chady El Khoury, Jiro Honda, Johan Mathisen, and Etienne Yehoue Governments around the world are playing a crucial role in providing lifelines to people and firms to help combat the pandemic and its economic fallout. To support the effectiveness of these efforts, it is important that […]

Apapa Gridlock and the Nigerian Economy

May 20, 2021/Proshare by CSL Research Overtime, the administration and state of the Apapa and Tin Can ports have been of utmost concern to stakeholders in Nigeria, given how pivotal the business of the ports are to economic growth. Despite series of interventions by government to curb the underlying problems […]

A Welcome Extension of the Incentive for Remittances

May 20, 2021/Proshare by FBNQuest Research   The CBN has extended its “Naira 4 dollar scheme” until further notice, and will be hoping for a strong recovery in remittances and therefore an easing of pressure on the naira exchange rate and the current account. The COVID-19 virus was widely seen […]