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April 2020 Consumer Price Index Report: A continuous rise in Inflation
The consumer price index, (CPI) increased by 12.34% (year-on-year) in April 2020. This is 8bps higher than the rate recorded in March 2020 (12.26%). This is the eighth consecutive month of increase since…
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COVID-19: The Cost of a Lock Down- A Case of Kwara State
Effective from Friday 27th March, the Kwara state government announced a partial lock down of the state as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). As such, all motor parks, public…
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Kwara State 2020 Budget: Good Intentions, Faulty Assumptions
Total revenue as at October 2019 was N85.12 billion which shows that revenue underperformed by 34.69% when compared with N130.38 billion projected revenue for 2019. Total expenditure as at October 2019 on the…
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Is Kogi State's 2020 “Budget of Prosperity” a Hoax?
In this insightful piece, we analyzed the 2020 budget of Kogi state with special focus on the budget allocation for the Kogi State government house. We also identified some items which we believed…
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Performance Review of Nigeria’s Vision 20: 2020 (2009- 2020)
This article is inspired by the column which appeared on Punch Newspaper titled: “Vision 2020: Momento of a Failed Project”. It therefore aims to give a detailed report card of how Nigeria has…
