LCCI advises FG on how to mitigate effect of inflation on Nigerians

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to reduce cost of energy, logistics and other variables to mitigate the effect of inflation on Nigerians.
Outgoing LCCI Director-General Muda Yusuf identified cost push factor, supply chain disruptions and monetisation of fiscal deficit or inflation tax as the three principal drivers of inflation.
He gave the advice on Sunday in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
In its June report, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said inflation reduced marginally by 0.18 per cent from 17.93 per cent in May to 17.75 per cent.
The food inflation sub-index also dropped marginally by 0.45 per cent from 22.28 per cent in May to 21.83 per cent in June 2021.
The month-on-month inflation maintained its upwards trajectory last month with it accelerating marginally from 1.01 per cent in May to 1.06 per cent in June 2021.
Yusuf listed high energy cost, which included the spike in the cost of diesel, electricity and aviation fuel, high transportation and cost of logistics, and high import tariff as major cost push factor influencers.
He said: “Headline inflation of 17.75 per cent is still a reflection of intense and persistent inflationary pressure on the Nigerian economy. Even more worrisome is the incessant high food inflation, which was 21.83 per cent in June.
“High inflation is hurts investment, it is injurious to the welfare of the people and detrimental to the economy. The main factors that have disrupted output in the economy are also heightened insecurity, exclusion of some critical industries from the official foreign exchange window, trade policy issues, among others.”
Yusuf said other variables to be addressed included reviewing import tariff on selected inputs for production, stemming exchange rate depreciation, addressing security problems and improving productivity across all sectors.
He also urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce its financing of fiscal deficit to levels provided for in the CBN Act, saying fiscal deficit financing by the Apex Bank acted as a major inflation driver.
“The infusion of this financing typically increases money supply and aggravates inflation.
Yusuf said: “It is high powered money and also characterised as inflation tax. Reports of interest payments of over 480 billion naira on ways and means financing by the apex bank between January and May 2021 is quite instructive.”
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