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National

IMF Wants Nigeria To Broaden Tax Revenue

VAM News April 25, 2025

News Update THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Nigeria and other African countries to raise tax revenue by expanding the tax base and curtailing tax evasion. Briefing the press at the ongoing Spring...

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Economy

Families hurting from high prices, says IMF

Akanji Philip October 28, 2024 0 Comment

Families are hurting from high prices, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, said yesterday, at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the IMF/World Bank in Washington DC. Speaking...

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Economy

Nigeria’s inflation rate drops 14% by 2029— IMF predicts

Akanji Philip June 8, 2024 0 Comment

Nigeria’s inflation rate is predicted to stabilize at 14 per cent in 2029, indicating a potential end to the current upward trend according to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund. This...

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Featured

IMF: FG may need supplementary budget to pay minimum wage

Akanji Philip May 14, 2024 0 Comment

The Federal Government may need to raise a supplementary budget to accommodate the proposed minimum wage increase for workers. This is because the negotiated amount may surpass the budgeted amount in the original...

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Extra

IMF to FG: Stop electricity subsidy

Akanji Philip May 13, 2024 0 Comment

The International Monetary Fund has warned the Nigerian government to remove what it called implicit fuel and electricity subsidies. In a report published recently by the IMF, the organisation told Nigeria that the...

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National

JUST IN: IMF cautions FG against CBN Act amendment

Akanji Philip May 10, 2024 0 Comment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned the Federal Government against the proposed amendment of the Act establishing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), calling rather for the strengthening of the apex bank. ...

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Extra

Nigeria’s inflation rate will drop to 23% by 2025 -IMF predicts

Akanji Philip April 17, 2024 0 Comment

In a recent release of its Global Economic Outlook at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, the IMF provided projections for Nigeria’s economy, indicating a significant shift in...

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Nigeria must battle food insecurity as priority, Says IMF

Akanji Philip March 6, 2024 0 Comment

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday asked the Federal Government to pay immediate attention to food insecurity in the country. The IMF’s position came on a day governors said Nigeria must go into...

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Nigeria will spend N2.3trn to sustain fuel, electricity subsidy — IMF reports

Akanji Philip March 6, 2024 0 Comment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that continuation of fuel and electricity subsidy will cost Nigeria N2.33 trillion or three per cent of its Gross Domestic Product, GDP in 2024. The warning...

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Extra

IMF Adjusts Global Growth Forecast, Nigeria Faces Downturn to 3.0%

Akanji Philip January 30, 2024 0 Comment

The International Monetary Fund has downgraded Nigeria’s economic growth projections for 2024 to 3.0 per cent from 3.1 per cent in its October forecast. This was disclosed in its ‘World Economic Outlook Update,...