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Crude Oil Benchmark and the 2018 FGN Budget: Need for a Petroleum Revenue Heritage Fund in Nigeria
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-07)
Despite several efforts to diversify Nigeria’s revenue base, the annual budget of the Federal Government has continued to rely on revenue from crude oil sources. Bearing in mind that crude oil is a non-renewable energy ...
Federal Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy: Issues for Legislative Action
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-03)
As part of its effort to drive its diversification agenda, the Federal Government of Nigeria announced its plan to set up 6 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) across the country. The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment ...
Foreign Exchange Reserve Management Policy in Nigeria: Issues for Legislative Consideration
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-02)
This policy analysis has robustly scrutinized the Nigeria’s foreign reserve management with a view to determining its adequacy and better management strategies. Our perspective analysis showed that the rising levels of ...
Does Deposit Money Banks Credit to Agriculture Support Government Diversification Agenda in Nigeria? Issues for Legislative Consideration
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-02)
The Federal Government has over the years adopted several frameworks to enhance credit supply to the agricultural sector. Given these efforts, this brief examines available related data with a view to know whether Deposit ...
Federal Government Debt Rebalancing Strategy: Is it a Policy Path for Sustainable Debt Management?
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-03)
One of the major challenges facing the Muhammed Buhari led Federal government like previous governments is the issue of huge budget deficit financing. The 2018 Budget just like other previous budgets is premised on oil ...
Effect of the National Assembly on the 2018 FGN Budget: Implication for Sectoral Performance
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-07)
On June 20th 2018, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). This data brief examines the structure of the budget 2018 budget vis-à-vis ...
Executive Orders, Policy Implementation and the Role of the National Assembly
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-02)
The use of Executive orders by the President Mohammadu Buhari administration has become a regular point of interjection in the country’s economic management toolkit. Whether or not these executive orders are effective in ...
FGN 2018Q1 Revenue Performance: Implication for 2018 Budget Implementation
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-10)
As government revenue performance for 2018Q1 falls below expectation by 22.85%, poor implementation of FGN 2018 budget implementation is imminent. Unfortunately, the nation’s debt sustainability indices, would not make ...
Revisiting the Proposed Sales of Some Selected National Assets: Need for Legislative Support
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-02)
Sales of national assets has been a highly controversial issue that evokes sharp reactions and divide among the political actors and the populace in general. National assets sale is a situation where the government or its ...
INECs House to House PVC Distribution Policy in Nigeria: Issues and Way Forward
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-09)
Although Nigeria has favourable ranking in the support of democracy amongst other African nations, support for democracy in Nigeria based on survey conducted within 1999 to 2015 shows that the support declined from 80.9% ...