Our attention has again been drawn to another futile attempt by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the self-styled opposition leader, as he erroneously criticised the 2025 budget proposal before the National Assembly. Abubakar’s attempt to be heard on all issues in opposition to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s progressive and radical government has again led him to commit…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that contrary to suggestions in a section of the media, the economic reforms of the President Bola Tinubu administration are based on a clear plan to steer the country away from the tragic path of another oil-rich country, Venezuela. This according to the policy think- tank…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has described attempts by of some civil society groups to denigrate the outcome of the Edo State Gubernatorial election as a partisan hatchet job not backed by facts. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, IMPI noted that claims made by the coalition were a carbon…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that President Bola Tinubu’s policies will eventually have a positive impact on the Nigerian economy inspite of the short term pains. The policy think tank came to that conclusion after analysing the President’s nationwide broadcast in the aftermath of the August 1 to 10 protest. In…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that there are verifiable data to show that Nigeria has a robust investment climate under the President Bola Tinubu administration contrary to the narrative of an economy shorn of investor confidence. In a policy statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, the policy think tank noted…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative IMPI has said that there are enough proof to support the Federal government’s choice of HiTECH to construct the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, the think tank group said its study of the situation showed that all the claims by former Vice…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has described the rate with which the naira is appreciating as a reflection of the bouquet of positive policies introduced by the Nigerian authorities and the Central Bank. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju,the policy think tank argued that the government and the CBN deserve…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative IMPI has hailed the federal government for allocating more funds to capital expenditure than recurrent in the budget for the first time in the current democratic dispensation. It said in statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju that the decision to buck a 24- year trend with the 2024…
In 1999 when Waziri Abubakar was sworn into office as Vice President and supposed head of the economic team, inflation rate was 6.9 percent but by 2000, that is a year after, it had risen to 17.8percent.
We have observed the raft of policies’ issuance by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its bid to facilitate harmony and stability in the nation foreign exchange market. One of the policies addresses the Net Open Positions of Nigeria Deposit Banks.