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Nigeria ranks fourth on World Bank debtors’ list

Nigeria under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd), currently ranks fourth on the World Bank’s top 10 International Development Association borrowers’ list. Rising debt has pushed Nigeria from the fifth position with $11.7bn IDA debt stock as of June 30, 2021 on the World Bank Fiscal Year 2021 audited financial statements, known […]

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Nigeria’s public debt, others hit 50-year high – World Bank

The World Bank Group has said that public debt in Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries is now at a 50-year high, which is equivalent to more than 200 per cent of government revenues. In a new report titled, “Raising the Bar on Debt Transparency,” the Washington-based bank said with the pandemic-induced economic slowdown, […]