Tag: fiscal

Is Nigeria truly broke? See how much the country made and spent in the past few months

According to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (2016-2018) sent by the president to the National Assembly, the Federal Government has spent N3.42tn out of the total N4.493tn spending…

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Opinion: Today’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting – Matters arising

by Ifeanyi Uddin This is where the dark clouds begin to gather. If “appointment” in the first instance involved choice by the President, subject to the Senate’s confirmation, what constitutes…

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Opinion: Constitution review and the challenge of nation-building – The path not taken

by Taye Gaskia If the reason for demand for new states is genuinely about development and improving the lives of citizens; and not about creating a treasury pool that can…

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Opinion: When budget allocation meets fiscal discipline in Kano

by Abubakar Bello It’s imperative to note that the perception of budget process, implementation and evaluation in line with due process, probity and transparency and accountability philosophy of the government…

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Opinion: Naira – Redesign, redenomination or revaluation?

by Les Leba   The advantages of redenomination may however, be short-lived, if the abiding economic instigators of inflation are not adequately tackled.   In a recent interactive section with…

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Feyi Fawehinmi: Fiscal policy consequences of ‘Ogas at the Top’

by Feyi Fawehinmi Here we were in a crisis and the Finance Minister, after looking through the books, decided that all she could muster was no more than 1% a…

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Ife Adebayo: Nigeria – The urgent need for fiscal federalism (Y! Politico)

Ife Adebayo State Governors can sit, fold their arms and wait for the next bottle of milk from the federal government to pay salaries and fix roads. If these states…

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