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Nigeria’s Debt Hits N24.387tr, Says DMO

Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha, who made the revelation at a news briefing in Abuja, yesterday, said the figure rose by 12.25 per cent from N21.725 trillion in 2017.

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FG Showcase Activities Of Ministry Of Finance In Abuja

Photo Caption: Minister of Finance Hajia Zainab Ahmed, Acting Director General,  Securities and Exchange Commission Ms Mary Uduk , Director General, Debt Management Office Ms Patience Oniha  and Comptroller General of Customs Col Hameed Ali(rtd) during a World Press Conference on the Activities of Ministry of Finance in Abuja yesterday  Advertisement

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FG Borrowed Over N2tn To Fund 2017 Budget – DMO

The Federal Government borrowed a total of N2.32tn in 2017 to fund deficit in the budget, the Debt Management Office has said. DMO said this in its 2017 Annual Report obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. According to DMO, the total amount was borrowed from both the domestic and the foreign debt markets. The report said, “The total …

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DMO Announces Nigeria’s November Savings Bond Offering

The Debt Management Office on Monday opened subscriptions for the November 2018 savings bond of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). The bond subscription period, according to the debt office, will run from Monday, November 5 to 12 noon of Friday, November 9, 2018, with the settlement date fixed for Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The debt office is offering two …

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Why Nigeria Is Borrowing From China – DMO

PATIENCE ONIHA DG DMO

The Federal Government has explained that it borrows from China in order to take advantage of a cheaper source of finance. In a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday, the Debt Management Office said that the Federal Government was also borrowing from China in order to diversify the sources of borrowed funds. The DMO dismissed insinuations …

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Nigeria’s Debt Rose To N22.4trn In Six Months

DMO DG

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total debt rose to N22.4 trillion in the first half of the 2018 financial year. This represents a three percent increase from the N21.68 trillion recorded at end of December 2017. Patience Oniha, director general of the DMO, made the revelation while addressing reporters in Abuja on Tuesday. According to her, the rise …

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