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Nigeria: FX comments, fuel price hikes offer hints of reform

The vice president’s comments regarding a possible change to Nigeria’s currency regime suggest that policy elites may not be as opposed to a devaluation as many believe. Claims that Nigeria’s fuel subsidies have been abolished are exaggerated, but price reforms may help ease the fuel shortage.


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