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 Naira: The trashing of ECOWAS’ lead currency
Marcel OkekeApril 16, 2024
Once upon a time, Nigeria’s national currency, the Naira, was the most sought-after medium of exchange and store of value within the
The pathway and hurdles in Nigeria’s bank recapitalisation
Marcel OkekeApril 9, 2024
Effectively, the recapitalisation process for Nigerian banks under the Olayemi Cardoso leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Tinubu’s economy panels must recognise the urgency of ‘NOW’!
Marcel OkekeApril 3, 2024
Nine full months into the tenure of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, it is becoming increasingly clear that rather than
CBN dabbles into agric murky waters over food inflation
Marcel OkekeMarch 26, 2024
In what could be seen as an outright volte-face, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, on Wednesday,
Nexus between banks ‘dying’ and Nigeria’s monetary policies
Marcel OkekeMarch 19, 2024
The news that deposit money banks (DMBs) and merchant banks in Nigeria borrowed a humongous sum of N8.7 trillion through the Standing
Potentially ruinous hot money finally comes back to Nigeria
Marcel OkekeMarch 11, 2024
It is no longer news that the continuing collapse of the Naira in the foreign exchange (FX) market is already eliciting desperate and
Nigeria: An economy on palliatives as life support
Marcel OkekeMarch 5, 2024
In dealing with one of the initial shocks of the fuel subsidy removal in June 2023, many agencies of the federal government and a good
‘Panicking’ as policy option to stem Nigeria’s FX crises
Marcel OkekeFebruary 28, 2024
Apparently overwhelmed by the endless crashing of the Naira against the dollar (and other hard currencies) in the foreign exchange
‘Panicking’ as policy option to stem Nigeria’s FX crises
Marcel OkekeFebruary 28, 2024
Apparently overwhelmed by the endless crashing of the Naira against the dollar (and other hard currencies) in the foreign exchange
‘Waiting for Godot’ on Nigeria’s economic progress
Marcel OkekeFebruary 21, 2024
Waiting for Godot is a play by Irish playwright, Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, engage in a variety