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Monday, March 26, 2018 /12:40 PM / NBS
Nigerian States and Federal Debt Stock data as at
31st December 2017 reflected that the country's foreign and domestic debts
stood at $18.9bn and N3.35trn respectively.
Further disaggregation of Nigeria's foreign debt
showed that $10.24bn of the debt was multilateral; $274.98m was bilateral (AFD)
and $2.09bn from the Exim Bank of China credited to the Federal Government of
Nigeria (FGN) while $6.30bn was commercial.
Total FGN debt accounted for 78.23% of Nigeria's
total foreign debt while all States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
accounted for the remaining 21.77%.
Lagos State has the highest foreign debt profile
among the thirty-six states and the FCT accounting for 35.61% while Kaduna
(5.79%), Edo (5.64%), Cross River (4.08%) and Enugu (3.23%) followed closely.
Similarly,
total state domestic debt was N3.35 trillion with Lagos state accounting for
10.85 % of the total domestic debt stock while Sokoto has the least debt in
this category with a contribution 0.78% to the total domestic debt stock.
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