Politics

On the IMF’s 2026 Article IV Consultation, By Uddin Ifeanyi

The fund raised plenty of concerns about opaque financial arrangements, and its consequences (not good, obviously) for the economy. Off-budget spending appears to have increased last year. Government’s financing arrangements were too “complex” for the boffins at the fund (no chance, therefore, of the famed Nigerian on the street making any sense of these numbers). […]