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)
Economy: Is Nigeria stuck in ‘progress illusion’?
Marcel Okeke
February 17, 2025
Afrinvest West Africa Limited provided the above headline in its maiden ‘Afrinvest Monthly Update’ for 2025, as a rider to the main
Fuel price mood swings and danger for Nigeria’s economy
Marcel Okeke
February 12, 2025
In a curious move, and within a space of two weeks, Dangote Refinery changed the price of its fuel (Premium Motor Spirit) twice.
Looming external headwinds facing the Nigerian economy
Marcel Okeke
February 4, 2025
Exactly thirty-four days after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented Nigeria’s 2025 Appropriation Bill (on December 18, 2024) to the
Banks: Commoditizing naira, distorting monetary policy and the economy
Marcel Okeke
January 27, 2025
Gradually but steadily, the buying and selling of the naira (Nigeria’s banknotes), also known as commoditization, is fast becoming a
Placebo or economic stimulus in Nigeria’s GDP rebasing
Marcel Okeke
January 20, 2025
Preparations by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to rebase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are on a crescendo already. A
ECOWAS: The endangered dream of a common currency
Marcel Okeke
January 13, 2025
At a time when the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is supposed to be rolling out the drums in celebration of its
Leap in the dark for Nigeria’s economy in 2025
Marcel Okeke
January 6, 2025
Warning by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Nigerians not to expect the passage of the 2025 budget before January 31,
Hoping endlessly for Nigeria’s economic growth and development
Marcel Okeke
December 30, 2024
Exactly eighteen months into his four-year term, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had his first live media chat on Monday, December 23,
Nigeria’s Cybersecurity Levy: Doing more harm than good?
Marcel Okeke
December 23, 2024
While the cacophonous debates about the Tax Reform Bills are ongoing, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has since stealthily
2025 Budget as gross violation of Nigeria’s Fiscal Responsibility Act
Marcel Okeke
December 16, 2024
Whenever (and if ever) it comes into existence, Nigeria’s 2025 Federal Budget is already a gross violation of the letter and spirit of