Nigeria: Ambitious budget unlikely to be realised

President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest budget proposal is overly ambitious; we expect that both spending and revenue will disappoint. While Mr. Buhari presented his spending plan as way of lifting the economy out of recession, he continues to cling to his economically-damaging FX policies.

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