Nigeria reforms helped to avert economic collapse, finance minister says

President Bola Tinubu's overhaul of Nigeria's economy, including scrapping a costly fuel subsidy and devaluing the currency, has helped stabilise public finances, lift foreign reserves, and attract investment, Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele said on Wednesday.

From his Lagos home, elder statesman and respected business leader, Chief F.E. Ojugbana, reflects on Nigeria’s economic direction with the perspective of a man who has witnessed several chapters of the nation’s political and economic history. For Chief Ojugbana, the economic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s adm