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Nigeria’s public debt rises to N35.465 trillion as at June 2021

Ubah Jeremiah Ifeanyi by Ubah Jeremiah Ifeanyi
September 16, 2021
in Securities, Spotlight
Nigeria’s debt to GDP ratio at 23%, below the 40% limit

Director-General of DMO, Patience Oniha

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Ms. Patience Oniha, Director-General of the Debt Management Office, DMO, revealed yesterday that the country’s public debt stock stood at N35.465 trillion as of June 30.

Oniha, in a virtual media chat yesterday, said the country risked the debt sustainability issue if it failed to grow the current low revenue profile, which places the country in the poorest category among its peers.

“We should focus on revenue. The good thing about it is that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning has started a programme aimed at growing the revenue profile. We must discipline ourselves to follow through to grow our revenue. If we continue to borrow and do nothing about growing our revenue base as other countries have done, we may have a debt sustainability challenge,” she said.

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As of March 31, 2021, Nigeria’s total public debt stock was N33.107 trillion, or USD 87.239 billion.

Between the end of the first quarter and the end of the second quarter, the debt stock increased by N2.358 trillion.

READ: Nigeria’s debt to GDP is not as bad as people think

The rising debt could be a problem

According to Vanguard, the DG explained that the issues of rising debt, high debt service to revenue ratio and utilization of borrowed funds were germane.

She said that members of the public should not lose sight of the facts which necessitated borrowing which included: “Huge Infrastructure Deficit, Recession (twice in the last six years), Consecutive Budget Deficits, Low Revenue Base, compounded by dependence on one source – crude oil – which prices crashed and at a point, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic had no buyers.”

READ: Nigerian government spends equivalent of 83% of revenue to service debt in 2020

Ms. Oniha stressed that Nigerians must challenge themselves and support the federal government on the need to raise revenue.

She noted that the 5% tax as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was too poor for Nigeria and that concerted efforts must be made to increase the nation’s revenue.

What you should know

  • The external debt, according to a breakdown of the national debt under review, was N13.711 trillion, or 38.66%.
  • Domestic debt, on the other hand, was N21.754 trillion, accounting for 61.34% of the entire stock.
  • The Federal Government was responsible for N11. 828 trillion in foreign debt and N17. 632 trillion in domestic debt.
  • The external debt of states and the FCT was N1.883 trillion, with a domestic debt stock of N4.122 trillion.
  • The breakdown of external debt revealed that multilateral (World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group) own the majority of the debt, accounting for 54.88%.
  • Commercial debt (Eurobonds and Diaspora bonds) came in second with 31.88%, followed by bilateral debt (China, France, Japan, India, and Germany) with 12.70%. Promissory Notes account for 0.54% of the total.
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Ubah Jeremiah Ifeanyi

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