Nigeria 2027: Why CEOs Need A Playbook

By Jeff Ukachukwu
An election result can name a president. It cannot tell a manufacturer what imported inputs will cost, assure a distributor that customers will pay, or settle an entrepreneur’s decision to expand. When the campaigning ends, the difficult business decisions remain.
For Nigerian chief executives approaching 2027, the question extends beyond who will win. What happens afterwards matters: how promises become policy, how institutions handle disputes, and how businesses respond as the government’s direction becomes clearer. These are possibilities to examine, not outcomes to declare in advance.
The temptation is to build strategy around a preferred political outcome. Onc...