FG raises new borrowing limit to N61tn to accommodate fresh loans
By Eloyi Matthew
The Federal Government has set a new borrowing limit, expanding its current debt portfolio from N33.11tn to N61tn in order to accommodate fresh loans.
The new borrowing limit contained in a document, Medium Term Debt Strategy, shows that Nigeria has raised its borrowing limit from 25 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 40 per cent.
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This revelation came even as the Senate gave new approvals to the Federal Government to borrow $8.33bn and €490m from external sources.
It was gathered that as of December 31, 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics put the country’s GDP at N152.32tn. Thus, forty per cent of the current GDP is N60.93tn.
Twenty-five per cent of the current GDP is N38.08tn, an amount which the nation may have surpassed in debt given that there are loans which the nation has already secured but are not included in the debt stock because they have not been drawn down.
This means that Nigeria can borrow as much as N60.93tn. Thus, with Nigeria’s current debt currently at N33.11tn, the new borrowing limit has given the country the leeway to expand its debt portfolio by up to N27.82tn.
FG raises new borrowing limit to N61tn to accommodate fresh loans