December 16, 2016/Reuters Nigeria’s distributable revenues to the government fell in November by 7.8 percent to 387 billion naira ($1.27 billion) as militant attacks shut down Niger Delta oil pipelines and cut earnings, the accountant general has said. Nigeria, which has Africa’s biggest economy, is an OPEC member that relies […]
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Nigeria interbank lending rate eases on budget cash injections
December 16, 2016/Reuters Nigeria’s overnight lending rate fell this week to around 3 percent on Friday from an average of 3.9 percent a week ago on expectations that budget cash will be injected into the banking system on Friday or Monday, traders said. Nigeria, an OPEC member and Africa’s biggest […]
Nigeria: FY17 Budget – Ambitious Revenue Target
Culled—Proshare December 16, 2016/Renaissance Capital Nigeria’s strategy to get the economy out of recession is captured by the following phrase: ‘grow what we eat, and consume what we make’. With this phrase, President Muhammadu Buhari presented a FY17 budget outlining expenditure of NGN7.3trn, a 20% increase vs the FY16 projection. […]
