尼日利亚财政部长Taiwo Oyedele周一表示，尼日利亚的目标是在2027年底前将通胀降至个位数，为大幅降低利率铺平道路，这可能降低借贷成本并支持增长。
Nigeria aims to cut inflation to low single digits before the end of 2027, paving the way for sharply lower interest rates that could lower borrowing costs and support growth, Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele said on Monday.
Camillus Eboh报道 “如果你以4.43%的速度增长，却以接近30%的利率借贷，想象一下当你以个位数利率借贷时会有什么可能，”Oyedele说。
By Camillus Eboh "If you are growing at 4.43% and borrowing at close to 30%, imagine what is possible when you borrow at single-digit rates," Oyedele said.
尼日利亚的总体通胀率维持在15%左右，基准利率为23%，在全国大选前几个月，生活成本压力依然居高不下。
Nigeria's headline inflation rate is stuck at around 15% with the benchmark interest rate at 23%, keeping cost-of-living pressures high just months before a national election.
在尼日利亚经济峰会上发言时，Oyedele表示，政府的改革已经带来收益，但当局希望加快成果，使家庭收入增速快于物价涨幅。
Speaking at the Nigeria economic summit, Oyedele said the government's reforms were already delivering benefits but that authorities wanted to accelerate gains so that household incomes rise faster than prices.
他说，更低的通胀和利率将释放投资，并加速非洲人口最多国家的增长。
Lower inflation and interest rates would unlock investment and accelerate growth in Africa's most populous country, he said.
Oyedele表示，如果证据显示措施无效，政策制定者愿意在改革上改变方向，但他敦促批评者就政策细节进行建设性接触，而不是依赖“情绪”或不完整的叙事。
Oyedele said policymakers were open to changing course on the reforms where evidence showed measures were ineffective, but urged critics to engage constructively with policy details rather than rely on "emotion" or incomplete narratives.
自2023年上任以来，总统Bola Tinubu取消了燃油补贴、让奈拉贬值并推行了改革，这些举措提振了公共财政、外汇储备和投资者信心。但这些措施也引发了尼日利亚几十年来最严重的生活成本危机。
Since taking office in 2023, President Bola Tinubu has scrapped fuel subsidies, devalued the naira and pushed through reforms that have boosted public finances, foreign reserves and investor confidence. But the measures have also triggered Nigeria's worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.