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)
Nigeria’s implicit dollarisation endangers economy, weakens naira
Marcel OkekeAugust 27, 2024
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has been engaging in a lot of ‘trial and error’ in its quest for an improved and
A mixture of politics, economics in Nigeria bank recapitalisation
Marcel OkekeAugust 20, 2024
The actions and pronouncements of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since the commencement of the ongoing recapitalisation by banks in
Tinubu opens ‘Ways & Means’ tap to economic instability
Marcel OkekeAugust 14, 2024
In yet its desperation to raise revenue inflow, the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has, through the approval of the National
Lifeline for Dangote Refinery, economy in naira crude oil sale
Marcel OkekeAugust 6, 2024
The recent directive by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sequel to a deliberation by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), that the
Lifeline for Dangote Refinery, economy in naira crude oil sale
Marcel OkekeAugust 6, 2024
The recent directive by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sequel to a deliberation by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), that the
Punishing banks with windfall tax, ignoring naira policy failure
Marcel OkekeJuly 29, 2024
In an unprecedented move that reeks of desperation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, through a letter,
The conundrum in Nigeria vs. Dangote Refinery drama
Marcel OkekeJuly 23, 2024
For several years now, especially since May 2023, when it was commissioned by (then) President Muhammadu Buhari, the Dangote Refinery,
The beatification of government palliatives as economic roadmap
Marcel OkekeJuly 17, 2024
Wittingly or otherwise, in the obvious absence of any overarching economic roadmap by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration,
Retaining FDI in Nigeria: The Tolaram – Guinness case study
Marcel OkekeJuly 9, 2024
As the Nigerian government deploys several strategies to attract substantial foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, the
Nigeria: Economic progress on slippery slope of ‘easy money’
Marcel OkekeJuly 3, 2024
Deliberately or otherwise, the Nigerian government has been depending on inflow from Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI), ‘Ways and