Nigeria's debt now N32.9tr — DMO
The statement stated that after Nigeria exited from recession in 2017, the level of new borrowings at the federal level in the Annual Appropriation Acts, has been reducing due to measures to ensure moderate rate of growth in the Public Debt Stock for debt sustainability. “New borrowing to part finance Budget Deficits had declined steadily from N2.36tr in 2017 to N2.01tr in 2018, N1.61tr in 2019 and N1.59tr in the first 2020 Appropriation Act.” “This trend was reversed in 2020 due to the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic as new borrowing in the revised 2020 Appropriatio...