The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may raise the benchmark interest rate if government spending increases before elections in 2015, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the apex bank, has said.
While finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has curbed expenditure, there will be probably more tightening �
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