Stabilisation is not delivery
Nigeria’s economic debate has entered a new phase. The question is no longer whether difficult reforms can be announced, but whether they can be administered well enough to change daily life. Recent BusinessDay coverage shows a country with improving macro signals, but also with citizens and firms still testing whether those signals are durable. The private sector is expanding, oil output has improved, tax technology is being upgraded, and business-facing agencies are being pushed towards better compliance. Yet households still face high food, transport and energy costs, while firms still operate through expensive credit, weak logistics and unpredictable public services. That is why the second article must not read like another market-confidence note. Nigeria’s story is now about transmission. Can the state move from bold reform to boring competence? Can it turn policy into permits issued on time, roads
secured, invoices verified, farms protected, taxes reconciled
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