Tag: Les Leba

Opinion: The blessing of oil – A peculiar mess

by Les Leba Worse still, government’s attempt to support the poor with over 50% subsidy on kerosene prices has been largely undermined, as NNPC’s porous regulatory structures and systems appear…

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Les Leba: Oduahgate – Who will cast the first stone?

by Les Leba In her own defence, the aviation minister, Stella Oduah insists that the legislators declarations notwithstanding, the armoured vehicles were properly captured in NCCA’s budget, while she also…

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Les Leba: Where do Africa’s brightest and fittest go?

by Les Leba So, how did the future of the African youth and by extension the economic viability of countries in the continent become so bleak?  When did the selfless…

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Les Leba: Guess who is dollarising the economy

by Les Leba A stronger naira will shift market preference from the dollar and reduce the propensity for round tripping. Any patron of Bureau de Change may find that a…

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Les Leba: A parable of a fool and his money

by Les Leba These banks, which currently post hundreds of billions of naira profits, are the same banks, which were also beneficiaries of over N5tn government funding in the last…

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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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