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: 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
Critiquing The New York Times’ economic update on Nigeria
Marcel OkekeJune 25, 2024
“Nigeria is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with skyrocketing inflation, a national currency in free-fall and millions of
Matters arising still, on hasty Heritage Bank liquidation
Marcel OkekeJune 18, 2024
This piece is prompted by the turn of events since the withdrawal of the operational licence of Heritage Bank Limited during the first
Badly timed bank liquidation in a time of recapitalisation
Marcel OkekeJune 12, 2024
Barely seven months after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Olayemi Cardoso, gave a blanket clean bill of health to Nigerian
One year after: Whither the Nigerian economy under Tinubu?
Marcel OkekeJune 3, 2024
It is most auspicious at this time, only a few days gone past one year after the inauguration of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Futility of hiking MPR to curb Nigeria’s high inflation
Marcel OkekeMay 28, 2024
The question: ‘Can the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) curb the high and rising inflation in the country with the endless hiking of the
Once again, the crash of Naira, Nigeria’s currency!
Marcel OkekeMay 20, 2024
To the chagrin and utter bewilderment of practically all economic agents in the Nigerian polity, the national currency, the Naira, has
FPIs return to rescue Nigeria from FX crisis
Marcel OkekeMay 15, 2024
In the twilight years of the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in Nigeria, foreign investors
Nigeria: Wooing investors abroad, losing them at home
Marcel OkekeMay 7, 2024
After close to one century-and-half of operations in Nigeria, the multinational giant, PZ Cussons Nigeria, has announced its plan to
Africa’s first now fourth: Running down Nigeria’s economy in 10 years
Marcel OkekeApril 30, 2024
The report, a few days ago, by one of the Bretton Woods institutions — the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — that Nigeria now ranks