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, developing nations in Davos 2023 fragmented world
Marcel Okeke
January 23, 2023
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe in 2020, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been held in full
The economic lifeline for Nigeria in Diaspora remittances
Marcel Okeke
January 16, 2023
One of the ironies of the Nigerian economy is the fact that at a time that it should be reaping sustained windfalls from high oil
Nigeria’s 2023 budget: Buhari’s booby traps for next govt.?
Marcel Okeke
January 9, 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, signed the Federal Republic of Nigeria Appropriation Bill 2023 into law with a
X-raying ugly trends of Nigeria’s economy in 2022
Marcel Okeke
January 2, 2023
By every dispassionate consideration, the Nigerian economy in 2022 experienced a mix of the bad, the ugly and the unexpected — all
The World Ahead 2023: A ‘permacrisis’ for Nigeria?
Marcel Okeke
December 26, 2022
“The World Ahead 2023” is the 2022 end-of-year special publication of ‘The Economist’ (of London) in which the journal reviewed the
CBN’s Cash Policy: The road to a cashless economy?
Marcel Okeke
December 12, 2022
Like a thunderbolt, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hit the banks and the Nigerian polity with an ‘extension’ of the Naira
Of ‘gorilla bankers’ and ethics in Nigeria banking
Marcel Okeke
December 5, 2022
A recent letter from the director of banking supervision (BDS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to banks and other financial
June 2023: Ahmed’s ‘smart by half’ fuel subsidy end date
Marcel Okeke
November 21, 2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, reportedly announced during the briefing marking the end of the
Of saboteurs and the naira redesigning project
Marcel Okeke
November 14, 2022
It is no longer news that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has embarked on the redesigning and re-issuance of the 200, 500, and 1000
Nigeria: When fiscal and monetary authorities clash
Marcel Okeke
November 7, 2022
The outright disowning and public deprecation by Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, of the recent