Nigeria plans to set up a central investor desk within the federal finance ministry in 2026, with the government saying the move will sharpen policy communication, improve transparency and restore confidence among domestic and foreign investors after years of macroeconomic instability.
According to a policy statement issued by the Finance Ministry on Thursday, the proposed investor desk will serve as a single interface between the government and existing and potential investors, development finance institutions, credit rating agencies and market analysts.
Officials say the platform is designed to address one of investors' most frequent complaints about Nigeria – fragmented communications and inconsistent policy signals.
“To deepen investor confidence, improve transparency and ensure continued engagement with domestic and international capital providers, the Federal Government will establish a Central Investor Desk within the Federal Ministry of Finance,” Nigeria's Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka-Anyete, said.
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He said the desk will focus on “continuous communication, timely disclosure and active engagement” around macroeconomic policy, reform progress and investment execution.
The initiative is part of the broader Economic Agenda 2026, which aims to move Africa's most populous economy from a phase of stabilization to an expansion phase after two years of far-reaching but disruptive reforms under President Bola Tinubu.
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Those reforms – including exchange rate unification, energy market restructuring and fiscal consolidation – helped correct long-standing distortions, but also weighed on growth and investor sentiment in the short term.
With inflation now moderating and growth slowly picking up, the government wants to reassure capital providers that policy risks are reducing and execution discipline is improving.
Officials say the Investor Desk will play a coordinating role in rebuilding confidence by ensuring that investors get clear, timely and reliable information on Nigeria's economic direction.
The platform will work in conjunction with the Deflation and Growth Acceleration Strategy or DGAS, a joint framework being implemented with the Central Bank of Nigeria and other agencies to align fiscal and monetary policy.
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Authorities plan to operationalize the DGAS in the first quarter of 2026 and launch a new development finance strategy, saying the steps will provide greater clarity on how reforms translate into bankable projects.
Beyond communications, the investor desk is expected to support deal flow. Activities coordinated through the platform will focus on building investment pipelines, deploying blended finance solutions and accelerating the execution of projects in priority sectors including energy, agribusiness, manufacturing, housing, healthcare, digital services and solid minerals.
Nigeria is betting that clear pathways from policy to projects will help unlock long-term capital at a time when competition for global investment is intensifying. Officials estimate the country will need about N246 trillion in long-term financing by 2036 to meet its development ambitions, including a target of increasing GDP to $1 trillion within a decade.
To support that effort, the government plans to deepen local capital markets, expand the role of pension funds and insurance firms in infrastructure financing, and strengthen development finance institutions such as the Bank of Industry and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank.
Lenders are expected to strengthen risk-sharing structures that crowd in private capital, especially in areas where market failures persist.
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Fiscal transparency and cash management reforms are also central to the confidence-building effort. The new tax laws, which took effect on January 1 along with a federal revenue optimization platform, aim to improve compliance, boost non-oil revenues and provide investors with clearer visibility into public finances.
The government has also promised to restructure household debt to reduce short-term interest burden and ease pressure on financial markets.
Uzoka-Anyete said the administration understands that credibility will be measured by delivery rather than announcements. By centralizing investor participation and linking it with broader economic coordination and development finance, the government hopes to translate the scale and pace of Nigeria's reform into sustained capital flows, job creation and faster growth from 2026.
