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OPS Calls For Liberalisation Of Petrol Import, Queries NNPCL, CBN Transparency

by Chika Izuora
2 years ago
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The Organised  Private Sector (OPS), operating under the aegis of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has called for urgent liberalisation of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which it observes operates under a regulated regime.

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This is the view expressed in the 2023 Mid-Year Economic Review and Outlook jointly organised by LCCI and Cordros Capital to point out opportunities for business growth and sustainability in Nigeria and the global market.  

The document said institutional reorganisation is urgently needed in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to improve transparency and accountability.

According to the report, the operating environment of NNPCL is somewhat opaque, which is anti-competition and that the oil sector will attract the desired investment if the government liberalises fuel import licenses and other vital activities in the midstream and downstream.

They demanded that the government should unlock revenue from assets by complementing tax with rent, fees, dividends, and capital gains, adding that economies that optimise revenue through equities have recently offset the loss from declining commodity prices.

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The new administration is advised to borrow better to reduce debt costs by issuing a more asset-linked debt than IOUs while the non-interest-bearing debt opportunities should be explored as emerging markets tilt towards project equity financing.

BDCs should not be referred to as parallel or unofficial markets, because they are officially licensed to trade.

President of LCCI, Asiwaju, Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole, indicated that the half-yearly event reviewed vital policy developments and macroeconomic performance, which also discusses the outlook and expectations for the next half, focusing on risks and opportunities.

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The LCCI, over the last 135 years, has consistently engaged the government and advanced the growth of the private sector and the overall Nigerian economy through regular reviews of the business and economic climate and policy advocacy.

The report also observed that the Nigerian economy in the first half of 2023 was quite challenging due to multiple factors.

Although the general elections held in March 2023 were considered relatively peaceful and the transition completed in May, business conditions and operating environment in the first half of the year were essentially difficult due to rising interest rates, inflationary pressures, foreign exchange volatility, and the liberalisation of the downstream sector of the oil & gas industry.

As a result, the cost of living has significantly gone up according to its findings as first quarter Gross Domestic Product GDP slowed to 2.31 per cent primarily driven by growth in the non-oil sector while the oil sector remained in recession.

The country also witnessed a significant decline in foreign direct investments (FDIs), coupled with a high level of public debt stock and concerns for debt sustainability, high unemployment, and poverty levels.

The LCCI further noted that the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its July 2023 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update, lowered its growth projection for Nigeria in 2023 to 3.2 per cent from 3.3 per cent in 2022, reflecting security issues in the oil sector, policy risks, and persistently high inflation.

To address long-standing macroeconomic imbalances and change the economy’s trajectory, the OPS said, president Bola Tinubu introduced several reform policies, including fuel subsidy removal and foreign exchange unification.

Furthermore, several palliative measures have been introduced to ease the effect on businesses, low-income people, and the most vulnerable.

The consensus of stakeholders, at the 2023 Mid-Year Economic Review and Outlook, urged the government to consider the urgent need for an all-encompassing economic and fiscal plan, full/ partial divestment of state-owned real estate, improved transport sector, and energy assets as post-election priorities.

 


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