OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria’s Ballooning Debt Profile

Culled—Proshare November 5, 2020 By CSL Research A Business Day report says the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, in her presentation to the  Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts noted that the country’s total public debt will hit N38tn by December 2021. She noted that the […]

Are AfDB’s financing policies climate-friendly?

The twin crises, COVID-19 and the climate emergency, have made it clear, even for global financial institutions, that we must seize this moment to transform November 5, 2020/350.org By Wangeci Migwi, Amy Giliam and Nicole Rodel With the climate crisis threatening over half of the global GDP, there can be […]

No Rapid Growth With these Power Shortages

Culled—Proshare November 4, 2020 by FBNQuest Research Power shortages remain a prominent infrastructure gap in Nigeria. Substantial expansion in quantity, quality and access to infrastructure services, especially electricity, is fundamental to rapid and sustained economic growth, as well as poverty reduction.   According to the federal ministry of power, Nigeria’s installed […]