OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria’s Seemingly Unsolvable Power Problem

April 14, 2022/CSL Research A report by BusinessDay based on a Federal Government memo highlighted the reasons behind the dismal power situation the country has been experiencing lately. On Wednesday  morning, there was an electric spark from a pole that led to a mass of burning cables that  fell on […]

Revisiting Nigeria’s Persistent FX Challenges

April 14, 2022/United Capital Research While the Nigerian economy can be said to have finally returned to pre-pandemic levels, the FX market clearly remains under pressure from rising dollar demand and year-on-year weakening in FX earning capacity of the economy. This essentially means unrelenting pressure on the nation’s sacred economic […]

The Right Labor Market Policies Can Ease the Green Jobs Transition

(Photo: IMF Photo/Tamara Merino) April 13, 2022/IMFBlog By John Bluedorn and Niels-Jakob Hansen Measures include job training, tax credits for lower-income workers, green infrastructure and R&D investment push, and a carbon tax. Consensus on the need to build a greener economy often founders on concern over potential job losses. It’s […]