World Bank’s fuel import advice ill-timed, violates PIA – Energy expert

Tribuneonlineng | 13-04-2026 09:23am |

An energy economist, Professor Ken Ife, has strongly criticised recent recommendations by the World Bank urging Nigeria to deepen fuel importation and fully liberalise its downstream petroleum sector, describing the advice as “ill-timed, backward and inconsistent with Nigeria’s own laws.” Speaking during a televised interview on Nigeria’s economic outlook, Ife argued that while parts of

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