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THE GUARDIAN

Why Nigerians should tolerate our borrowings, by government

Nigerians have been urged to tolerate the recurring borrowings and negotiations as they are temporary and aimed at delivering the rail system, roads and power to boost national development.

 

INDEPENDENT

No $25bn NNPC Contracts, Missing Money, Says Presidency

Abuja – The presidency has denied the existence of N25 billion oil contract by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as alleged by Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

 

VANGUARD

PDP, APC at war as FG explains borrowing

…PDP should hide its head in shame – Junaid

…Borrowing not bad for infrastructure – SERAP

…Why we’re borrowing more — Adeosun ABUJA – The All

Progressives, Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were, yesterday, locked in a verbal combat over the propriety of the Federal Government’s borrowing plan. The face-off follows the administration’s request for legislative approval for its $5.5 billion loans to finance the 2017 budget.

 

DAILY SUN

Na’Abba hits Buhari, OBJ, Jonathan

 

You’re not accidental President

• Presidency: Buhari not one of them

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba has blamed Nigeria’s woes on leaders who he claimed got into office unprepared.

 

THE PUNCH

We must borrow more to deliver infrastructure —Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday, said the nation must borrow more in the short term to deliver critical infrastructural projects such as roads, rail and power.

 

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

• No Nigerian bank will fail – Emefiele
• Forget single digit inflation before 2020 – Planning Minister

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has said Nigerians must support the Federal Government to borrow more money, if they want it to deliver on power, road and other infrastructure critically needed to grow the economy.