Mid-year review: Real economy remain under pressure — CPPE

By Yinka Kolawole
Nigeria entered the second half of 2026 with its strongest macroeconomic fundamentals in several years, but the gains have yet to translate into broad-based improvements in the real economy, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr. Muda Yusuf.Reviewing economic performance in the first half of the year, Yusuf said exchange-rate stability, moderating inflation, stronger external reserves, improved crude oil