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Nigerian Rebasing And The Making Of A Phantom Economy
By Peter Claver Oparah And so storm tossed and weather beaten Nigerians woke up on Saturday, 5 April to hear…
GDP Figure: Beyond Belief
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Why Nigeria’s new GDP figure may not mean much for average Nigerians beyond being an indication of developments…
What Our People Will Gain From Rebasing The GDP
Ngozi Okonjo-Iwaela, Finance Minister, in this interview with RayPower FM, reacts to criticism of the rebasing exercise Many Nigerians want…
How Rebasing Can Translate To Development
Dr Ayo Teriba, Managing Director of Economic Associates and one of the experts who knew how the figures came about,…
Delusion Of Grandeur
By Bayo Onanuga Nigeria recently announced itself on the world stage as Africa’s biggest economy, eclipsing South Africa, which has…
Economists shrug at Nigeria’s growth jump
. The view abroad is that rebasing is an exercise in vainglory South Africa remains the most important economy in…