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)
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
Nigeria Customs’ duties FX rate hikes and an economy on tailspin
Marcel OkekeFebruary 14, 2024
In the past week or so, the media have been abuzz with news about the hiking of the exchange rate (the Naira against the dollar) at
Where does hope lie for Nigeria’s troubled Naira?
Marcel OkekeFebruary 7, 2024
The last few days in January 2024 saw Nigeria’s national currency —Naira— experience the worst crash ever in value against the US
Spiking inflation: Is the worst over for Nigeria?
Marcel OkekeJanuary 29, 2024
From a level of 21.34 percent as of end-December 2022, Nigeria’s headline inflation maintained a consistent upwards trajectory,
Significance and symbolism of Shell’s exit from Nigeria
Marcel OkekeJanuary 22, 2024
Global oil giant, Shell, operating in Nigeria as Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, announced
The dangers in the way of Nigeria’s N28.7trn budget
Marcel OkekeJanuary 16, 2024
The news is shocking, to say the least, that “no fewer than 157 incidents of crude oil theft were recorded in the Niger Delta between