Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall
Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says national fertiliser consumption is about 18.6 kilogrammes per hectare, against the 50kg/ha benchmark associated with the 2006 Abuja […]
Concession with tax holidays for bad roads
LATEST news on Nigeria’s troubled road infrastructure is the Federal Government’s concession of road projects to the private sector in exchange for tax holidays, and the request by state governments to take over federal roads in their domains.
Unifying multiple biometric identity systems
THE Federal Government’s decision to harmonise the highly proliferated biometric-based identity systems in the country is long over due. Nigeria lacks a centralised national database unlike other countries. Virtually all Federal agencies and private sector operators have their respective biometric data of citizens.
The good in the North-South exchange of visits
THE recent exchange of visits by some Northern and South East leaders has undoubtedly reignited the spirit of brotherhood which reckless acts of some elements in authority and youths in the wider society had sought to break over the Biafra agitation.
CBN’s policy rates and economic recovery
THE outcome of the recent 2017 fifth Monetary Policy Committee, MPC, meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was not surprising. The Committee voted to leave all policy rates unchanged (by a vote of six to one), with the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, at 14%, the Cash Reserve Ratio, CRR, at 22.5% and Liquidity Ratio at 30%.
Don’t politicise IDPs’ resettlement
WITH the nation getting ready to embrace campaigns and elections in the next few months, some people seem determined to politicise efforts being made to resettle Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the Boko Haram-ravaged North East, especially Borno State.
