Tag: Borrow
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Buhari Added More to Nigeria’s Debt Than Tinubu — Report
By Opeyemi Adelakun A new policy report has claimed that late former President Muhammadu Buhari, not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, remains Nigeria’s biggest borrower in the country’s democratic era since 1999. The report, released by a policy and communications group, Think Business Africa, argued that much of the public perception about rising debt under the…
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Tinubu Defends Rising Borrowing, Says It’s “Not a Disease,”
By George Omagbemi Sylvester President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dismissed growing concerns over Nigeria’s escalating debt profile, insisting that borrowing should not be viewed as an economic illness but rather a standard tool of national development financing. Speaking in a recent public address shared across official channels, Tinubu argued that sovereign borrowing is a normal…