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Nigeria’s Debt-to-GDP Ratio To Hit 42% By 2026
The International Monetary Fund has projected that Nigeria’s government gross debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio will rise to 42 percent by 2026. The IMF which said this in the October 2021 Fiscal Monitor Report published on its website stressed that it is an increase from 35.7 percent in 2021. It said the country’s gross…
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Nigeria Serviced Debt With N1.47tn In 6 Months
The Debt Management Office has revealed that Nigeria spent N1.47 trillion on debt servicing payments in the first half of 2021. In the first quarter of the year, the country spent N1.02tn on both domestic and external debt servicing, while a total of N445.45bn was spent in the second quarter of 2021. Between January to…
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Five States Lead Subnational Debts In Q2 2020
Data from the Debt Management Office has revealed that Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom are the three most indebted states within the country at the end of the second quarter of 2021. The domestic debts owed by state governments and the Federal Capital Territory Administration stood at N4.12tn, representing 18.94 percent of the country’s domestic…
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Nigeria Spent N445bn On Debt Servicing In Q2
Data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown that Nigeria has spent a total of N445.4 billion to service the debt in the second quarter of this year. From April to June 2021, Nigeria spent N322.7bn on domestic debt servicing, while $299m (N122.7bn) was spent on external debt servicing. The exchange rate of the…
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Nigeria debt Stock Hits N2.36tn In 3 Months
The total public debt stock of Nigeria has risen from N33.11 trillion as of March 31, 2021 to N35.47.trillion as of June 30, 2021. This shows an increase of N2.36 trillion or 7.13 percent within three months This was disclosed by the Director General of the Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha, who provided a breakdown…
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FG Spent 97% Of Jan-May Revenue On Debt Servicing
The federal government has spent N1.8 trillion on debt servicing between January and May 2021. This is out of the N1.84 trillion revenue generated within the same five months. This puts the nation’s debt-to-revenue ratio, a key measure of debt sustainability, at 97.8 percent for the period under review. The Minister of Finances and National…
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15 States’ Debts Jump To N1.68tn
The cumulative domestic debts of 15 states rose by 153.82 percent between December 31, 2015, and March 31, 2021. This is according to an analysis of data obtained from the Debt Management Office. Each of the states under review recorded at least a 100 percent jump in less than the six years under review…
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Nigeria Serviced Domestic Debts With N612.7b In 3 Months
The Federal Government has spent N612.71 billion from January to March 2021 to service domestic debt obligations. In a report by the Debt Management Office, the government redeemed its Nigerian Treasury Bills (obligations by paying holders of mature NTBs N17.23 billion in January, N12.3 billion in February and N5.49 billion in March 2021– totalling N35.03…
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External Reserves Drop In Two Months
According to the latest data by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the country’s external reserves fell by $1.4bn in two month. The reserves, which stood at $35.25bn as of April 16, fell to $34.23bn as of May 31 and $33.85bn as of June 15. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, said at the recent Monetary Policy…
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38 Million Nigerian Adults Financially Excluded
A survey has reported that 36 percent of Nigerian adults, or 38 million adults, remained completely financially excluded at the end of 2020. According to a new report by Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access, titled ‘New data from EFInA’, said financial inclusion grew, adding that there was a need for more action. Part of the…