Dele Oye says Nigeria's budget gap threatens public finances
The chairman of Alliance for Economic Research & Ethics says improving economic indicators are not matched by budget delivery.
Nigeria is approaching the end of 2026 with growing questions over the gap between better macroeconomic indicators and actual budget delivery. Dele Kelvin Oye, chairman of Alliance for Economic Research & Ethics Ltd/GTE, is examining the Federal Government's budget performance in an interview with Nairametrics.
Oye's review covers revenue generation, deficit financing, capital expenditure and mounting debt obligations. He has set out five reforms he says Nigeria needs before 2027 to close that gap.
The interview examines how these pressures bear on the 2027 budget cycle, which the reforms are meant to shape.
Why it mattersThe five reforms Oye proposes would shape how the 2027 budget is spent and how much debt the government must service.