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Increasing the minimum wage is a temporary fix. Upgrading the skills of Nigerian workers is the surest way of boosting their wages.
Nigeria’s labour groups stage a protest over economic hardship caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy in Lagos.
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Nigeria’s sudden and total removal of fuel subsidies was not the best strategy to use.
Traders in Wuse, Abuja. Nigeria’s inflation is driven by soaring food costs and the fall of the country’s currency.
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Factors pushing inflation rates downwards in other parts of the world are achieving the exact opposite result in Nigeria.
In 2022, government launched one million rice paddies, stacked in 15 pyramids, but the country’s food crisis has persisted.
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Nigeria’s new foreign exchange policy promises to discourage rent-seeking, attract foreign investment, boost exports and prevent the dollarisation of the economy but consistency is key to success.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaking at a Chatham House event, London, in December 2022.
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Fuel subsidy removal can benefit workers and poor Nigerians, if the process is carefully managed and implemented.
People queue outside a bank in Lagos on February 22, 2023. Nigeria was hit with a scarcity of cash after the central bank began to swap old Naira notes for new bills.
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A large proportion of Americans is willing to support leaders who would violate democratic principles.
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, present the redesigned banknotes in Abuja.
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For a country that aspires to reduce bureaucracy and liberalise its financial sector, currency redesign and cash withdrawal limits can only be counter-intuitive.
A banner is displayed to advertise diesel available at a filling station in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s 2023 budget could worsen the country’s cycle of deficits and debts.
New train services like this, in Lagos, are designed to boost economic activities and ease movement of passengers.
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Dans le pays le plus peuplé d’Afrique, l’importance du secteur informel et le faible recours des ménages et des entreprises au crédit rendent une hausse du taux d’intérêt plutôt inopportune.
Interest rate hike may not directly impact the average Nigerian.
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Americans have long said they generally support abortion rights, but understanding specific breakdowns of opinion across demographics, and the history of abortion beliefs, is also important.
Minimum wage is no match for rising cost of living.
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Removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria is long overdue, but replacing it with a transport grant is not the best approach.
A January 2012 demonstration against the removal of petroleum subsidies in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
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