I am Happy... Policy makers are listening
Dear Africa Interested Individuals: I am going to give a rundown of some of my major policy opinions with insights on certain matters and decisions taken by policy makers thus far. All these insights are contained in one or more of my 64 articles (and counting) on this blog. 1. I said that Nigeria should do crude oil swaps (total overhaul of the existing system) in exchange for imported petroleum products. This will save foreign exchange that is dwindling in supply given the steep drop in crude oil prices over the past twelve months. Nigeria is aggressively working on this as we speak. The Nigerian oil company also wants to be the major importer of gasoline into the country to reduce subsidy fraud by diverse downstream oil marketers. Foreign reserves have been on a consistent increase over the past three month and counting as leakages are being plugged. 2. I said that the fuel subsidy should not be removed n