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World Bank Slams FG’s Slow Response to Inflation

by Yinka Okeowo
July 2, 2022
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The World Bank has slammed the Nigerian government’s slow response to inflation currently pushing many Nigerians into poverty and food insecurity.

Although the World Bank said inflation in 2022 is projected to be 15.5 percent, Nigeria’s inflation as of May this year is 17.71 percent, which is higher than the World Bank’s projection.

On the other, the Central Bank of Nigeria had recently projected that the country’s inflation rate would drop to a single digit in 2022, with the full implementation of its recent policies designed to boost different sectors of the economy.

The World Bank said Nigeria might have one of the highest inflation rates globally in 2022, with increasing prices diminishing the welfare of Nigerian households.

In a report obtained by TechEconomy titled, ‘The Continuing Urgency of Business Unusual’, the Washington-based bank said this in its 

The report read in part, “Despite the urgency, the authorities’ response over the last two years has not been adequate, and inflation has increased and fuelled poverty and food insecurity.”

The financial institution further said that the inflation shock is projected to push about 15 million more Nigerians into poverty between 2020 and 2022.

The Washington-based bank added, in a different report, that the number of poor Nigerians is projected to hit 95.1 million in 2022, warning that many non-poor Nigerians were only one small shock away from falling into poverty.

According to the lender, such a shock can be induced by the issues of climate or conflict which could further threaten Nigeria’s poverty reduction efforts.

Recall that the World Bank had said the Federal Government of Nigeria did not take any concerted action towards curbing inflation in 2021 despite the inflation shock pushing an estimated eight million Nigerians below the poverty line.

 The World Bank warned that without any decisive action, the average inflation rate would not reach the single-digit target of the Central Bank of Nigeria by the end of 2022.

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