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OctUpon receiving approval from the Nigerian government, a $3.45 billion loan has been authorized for financing critical power sector initiatives, as well as an education and resource mobilization initiative. Although the initiative is intended to stimulate progress within the nation, it has engendered apprehensions regarding the escalating national debt crisis. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun made the announcement during a press briefing that followed a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday at the Presidential Villa’s Council Chambers in Abuja, presided over by President Bola Tinubu. Edun disclosed that the loans would be characterized […]
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OctThe Bank of Agriculture, BOA, asserts that it is diligently working to recover the N243 million loan extended to 150 Kwara debtors between 2011 and 2024. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Ilorin, BOA Ilorin Branch Manager Dele Aderibigbe revealed this information. According to him, the warehouse loan is classified as bad debt but is still being monitored for recovery. The BOA manager stated that the bank was already in discussions with telecommunications companies and other parties that could facilitate the tracing of debtors. “The loan is intended to be a revolving loan that[…]
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SepThe World Bank has approved a new $700 million loan for Nigeria to improve the education and empowerment of adolescent girls, according to a statement published on its website on Friday. The new loan will provide additional funding for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, which is an ongoing initiative.The statement read, “The World Bank has approved an additional $700 million for Nigeria to expand the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment programme, whose objective is to increase secondary education opportunities for girls in targeted states.”The additional funding will expand project activities from the current seven states[…]