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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% ...
Providing Solution to Housing Problems in Nigeria: The Need for National Housing Database
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-04)
Access to quality and affordable housing is one of the fundamental needs that is crucial to achieving a number of social policy objectives, including reducing poverty, enhancing standard of living and social inclusion. ...
Need for the Establishment of a Forensic DNA Databank as a Potent Crime Control Measure
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-05)
The fingerprint left at the scene of a crime, or evidence related to a crime is the most reliable means of confirming the presence of a person at the scene, since no two individuals, even identical twins, have identical ...
Legislature – Judiciary Relations and Budget Implementation in Nigeria: 2005 – 2017
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-02)
The principle of checks and balance requires that the three arms of government are autonomous and operate as a watch dog to one another. This relationship can however, be dampened when the financial autonomy of these organs ...
Proposal on Financing Options for Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-03)
This brief presents various financing options and their implication for the revitalization of Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. Basically, some of the viable financing options espoused in this brief include: government ...