The budgetary process for both capital and recurrent expenditures is comprehensive and the final cost baseline must be closely followed to the letter during execution. Any changes to the budget…
The ember months are here again and in the usual characteristics of the season, we are always tempted to buy and buy. And incidentally, we find that prices of goods…
Diaspora Nigerians with existing bank accounts in Nigerian banks have been subjected to rigorous queues and long processes in order to enroll for the compulsory bank verification number (BVN) as…
Nigeria is facing a youth unemployment crisis. This problem affects the daily lives and long-term futures of 5 to 12 million youth who are currently unable to find work to…
Nigeria’s automotive industry that has been largely import dependent has been fingered as new investment area that would attract investors for local production and assembling. With the country’s huge population…
As at February this year, only N40.3 billion out of the N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund (MSMED) launched by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 had been…
In this column last week, it was stated that innovation needs to be understood broadly and be accepted as the result of complex interactions among various segments of the nation’s…
Nigeria’s already beleaguered business and finance leaders caught up in one of the world’s most unfriendly business environments, according to the World Bank annual ranking, are waking up to a…