Nigeria’s economic debate entered a new phase this week after Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company, outlined twelve forces he believes will shape the 2026 outlook, ranging from election-driven spending and tax reforms to a more realistic federal budget and the long-anticipated listing of major national corporations.
His projections, delivered at the Parthian Economic Discourse in Lagos, were followed a day later by an unusually confident assessment from Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of the Central Bank, who told lawmakers in Abu
