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 17.8
percent.
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 is convinced that Nigeria will witness economic growth in 2024, on the basis of the GDP figure of the last quarter of 2023 It said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju that it expects the growth to be driven by the non oil sector and…
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.
In summary, other data have shown that most of the states in the federation are ill managed, reflective of the fact that substantial FAAC allocations received by these states have
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 no rational investor can afford to ignore Nigeria with the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu. In a policy statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju in the aftermath of the President’s visit to Qatar, the think tank noted that reforms will sooner than…