Nigeria finmin wants lower interest rates in 2012

ABUJA, Dec 14 – Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said on Wednesday she wants interest rates to be lowered next year after a “tight” 2012 budget proposal was read to the national assembly this week.

Nigeria budget office sees tighter 2011 budget

LAGOS, May 3  – Nigeria’s government is in talks with parliament over the country’s 2011 budget proposal and expects to agree an amended version with a narrower deficit within weeks, the head of the budget office said on Tuesday.