Marcel Okeke
Marcel-Okeke
Marcel Okeke, a practising economist and consultant in Business Strategy & Sustainability based in Lagos, is a former Chief Economist at Zenith Bank Plc. He can be reached at: obioraokeke2000@yahoo.com; +2348033075697 (text only)
The apple of discord in Nigeria’s new tax laws
Marcel OkekeNovember 12, 2024
In a very rare development, the President of Nigeria, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has rejected a decision of the National Economic
Taxing Nigerians to the hilt in name of economic reforms
Marcel OkekeNovember 4, 2024
When, in July 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu set up the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC) to overhaul
Nigeria: Taking residency in World Bank’s ICU
Marcel OkekeOctober 28, 2024
In the healthcare field, ICU stands for Intensive Care Unit; a specialised department in a hospital providing close monitoring and
Unattractive Nigerian economy faces diminishing foreign direct investment
Marcel OkekeOctober 21, 2024
The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on capital importation show that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow
Naira-4-crude deal holds hope for macroeconomic stability
Marcel OkekeOctober 15, 2024
The latest of some of the policies of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government that has the potential to stimulate Nigeria’s
The rough patch to recapitalisation for Nigerian banks
Marcel OkekeOctober 1, 2024
Since the announcement of a banking sector recapitalisation policy in March 2024 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the banking
Fuel pricing, inflation and Nigeria’s economic stagnation
Marcel OkekeSeptember 24, 2024
A few days ago, when the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the inflation figures for August 2024, the Nigerian National
Of oil price movement and Nigeria’s economic recovery
Marcel OkekeSeptember 16, 2024
Movement of crude oil prices in the international market, especially the significant drops recorded in the past couple of weeks, now
Nigeria’s dangerous return to price control and command economy
Marcel OkekeSeptember 10, 2024
A number of initiatives and policy pronouncements by agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in the past few days amply
Hope forlorn: Dangote Refinery and fight against illegal refineries
Marcel OkekeSeptember 2, 2024
For quite some time now, no week passes without an arm of the armed forces and some agencies of the federal government announcing the