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NMRC and growth prospect for mortgage sector
Events of the last couple of months emanating from the operations of the Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Corporation…
The Nigerian insurance industry
Nigeria with a population of about 166 million people has only 0.5 percent insurance penetration. This suggests…
The imperative of proposed WDFIs as an agent of growth
Determined to accelerate the pace of development of the Nigeria economy and in realization of the key role of some…
Fighting the fear of Ebola in Nigeria
Public health experts argue that Ebola won’t become a pandemic but warn that fear of the disease is more potent…
Maintaining the momentum on infrastructure investments
Economic infrastructure refers to part of an economy’s capital stock used to facilitate economic production, or…
The African dream
The dream that the twenty-first century will be the “African Century” is powerful and intoxicating. It is also…
Bumper tax revenues are good, but multiple taxes hinder…
Tax is a contribution exacted by the state. It is a non-penal but compulsory and unrequited transfer of resources…
Beyond recapitalising BDCs
Financial reforms and the resulting policy prescriptions are an age-long trend. They characterize the diverse…
Prioritising Tourism
According to the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation, in 2013, there were 1.087 billion international…
Vocational education and the challenge of youth…
Unemployment has become a global concern. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country as at 2012 has an estimated…
Waste to energy option
Energy-from-Waste (EfW) also referred to as waste-to-energy process proffer a safe, technologically advanced means…
The Cassava revolution
The potential of agriculture to be the industrial and economic springboard in Nigeria’s economic development is a…