Reviewing Nigeria’s economic performance
By CNBC
13 April 2019 |
11:50 am
FSDH Merchant Bank says if there is no adjustment to Nigeria’s pump price of premium motor spirit and electricity tariff, and if crude oil price continues to hover around 70 dollars then inflation in the country will range between 10.17 and 11.31 percent this year. Ayodele Akinwunmi, Head of Research at FSDH Merchant Bank joins CNBC Africa to discuss this.
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