To revive the Nigerian economy which has been battered by the COVID -19 outbreak and low oil price, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its May Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting slashed the country’s benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 12.5percent from 13.5percent, first easing s
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
