The Debt Management Office, (DMO), has announced plans to raise up to N1.2 trillion through FGN bonds in the first quarter of this year, 2023.
The DMO disclosed this in itās FGN Bonds issuance calendar for Q1ā23 released on its website.
Among other things, the calendar shows that the DMO will sell between N320 billion andĀ N400 billion worth of FGN bonds inĀ each of the threeĀ months in Q1ā23.
The federal government borrowed N4.2Ā trillion from local investors in the first half of the year (H1ā22), representingĀ 21 per cent, year-on-year YoY, increaseĀ from N3.89 trillion borrowed in the first half of 2021 (H1ā21)
Recall that the DMO had revealed that President Muhammadu Buhariās administration will bequeath N77 trillion debt to the next administration, as it borrows more to fund budgetsā deficit.
Analysts have also stressed that Nigeriaās debt is at the highest level and is worrisome at 83 per cent debt service-to-revenue ratio.
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