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World Bank’s statement on Africa’s debt status is inaccurate, misleading, AfDB replies

Fakoyejo Olalekan by Fakoyejo Olalekan
February 14, 2020
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African Development Bank (AfDB) has accused the World Bank of misleading the public following the latter’s allegation that it contributes to the debt problem of African countries and helps African leaders hide terms of debt from their citizens through non-disclosure.

AfDB said the World Bank’s statement about its process of offering loans to African countries was inaccurate. The bank disclosed that the World Bank actually has more debt quota in Africa than AfDB.

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David Malpass, President, World Bank Group

Nairametrics had reported that David Malpass, the President of World Bank, alleged that African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development worsen the debt burden of Nigeria and other countries.

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Malpass said these international financial institutions were lending too fast, ignoring lending standards and transparency when offering loans to Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan and other debt-ridden countries.

But in a statement, AfDB countered the claim of lending without regard for requirement or standard. The African lender said AfDB’s Africa Legal Support Facility helps in negotiating African countries’ loan request, as well as negotiating royalties and taxes to international companies and terms of their non-concessional loans to some bilateral financiers.

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Speaking further about its role in Nigeria and South Africa, AfDB said, “The World Bank, with a more substantial balance sheet, has significantly larger operations in Africa than the African Development Bank. The World Bank’s operations approved for Africa in the 2018 fiscal year amounted to $20.2bn, compared to $10.1bn by the African Development Bank. 

“With regard to Nigeria and South Africa, the World Bank’s outstanding loans for the 2018 fiscal year to both countries stood $8.3bn and $2.4bn, respectively. 

“In contrast, the outstanding amounts for the African Development Bank Group to Nigeria and South Africa were $2.1bn and $2.0bn, respectively, for the same fiscal year. 

“With reference to the countries described as ‘heavily indebted,’ our bank recognises and closely monitors the upward debt trend. However, there is no systemic risk of debt distress.” 

AfDB added that Nigeria’s public debt is about $83.9 billion, 14.6% higher than the year before. It stated that the debt represented 20.1% of the gross domestic product, up from 17.5% in 2018. Out of the total public debt, external public debt was $27.2 billion (representing 32.4% of total public debt), while domestic public debt accounted for $56.7 billion.


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Olalekan is a certified media practitioner from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ). In the era of media convergence, Olalekan is a valuable asset, with ability to curate and broadcast news. His zeal to write was developed out of passion to shape people’s thought and opinion; serving as a guideline for their daily lives. Contact for tips: fakoyejo.olalekan@nairametrics.com.

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  1. Stanley says:
    February 14, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    80% good road network, 100% power supply and 90% security of lives and property, are the only things Nigerians want from their leaders. However, successive governments have failed to provide these inspite of the huge amounts (debt and earnings) expended by these governments all these years. Then, what is the assurance that we will ever be able to provide these needs in the future, especially with declining revenues and high debt (and servicing) burden. Personally, I think these problems will always be synonymous with Nigeria, until we decide to eschew corruption, first at all levels of our lives and then in government.

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