{"id":109386,"date":"2023-11-28T17:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109386"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:12:42","slug":"breaking-again-tinubu-seeks-senates-approval-to-borrow-8-69b-euro100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-again-tinubu-seeks-senates-approval-to-borrow-8-69b-euro100m\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Again, Tinubu seeks Senate\u2019s approval to borrow $8.69b, Euro100m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even as Nigeria continues to asphyxiate under the unbearable weight of frightening debts, local and external, President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, November 28, urged the Senate to consider and approve his request to obtain a loan of $8,699,168,559 and \u20ac100 million as part of the 2022 \u2013 2024 external borrowing plan of the federal government.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nTinubu\u2019s letter of request was read at plenary by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>The president noted that the World Bank and African Development Bank have indicated interest to support the loan with $1 billion and N1.5 billion respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu in his letter titled: \u201c2022-2024 external borrowing plan\u201d said: \u201cI write in respect of the above subject and to submit the attached Federal Government 2022-2024 external borrowing plan for consideration and early approval of the National Assembly to ensure prompt implementation of the projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate may wish to note that the past administration approved a 2022-2024 borrowing plan by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held on May 15, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project cuts across all sectors, with specific emphasis on infrastructure, agriculture, health, water supply, roads, security, and employment generation as well as financial management reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the required approval is in the sum of $8,699,168,559 and \u20ac100 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to underscore the fact that the projects and programmes in the borrowing plan were selected based on economic evaluations as well as the expected contribution to the social economic development of the country, including employment generation, and skills acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the nature of these facilities, and the need to return the country to normalcy, it has become necessary for the Senate to consider and approve the 2022- 2024 external abridged borrowing plan to enable the government deliver its responsibility to Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Akpabio thereafter referred the executive request to the Senate Committee on Foreign and Local Debts for further legislative work and to report at plenary in one week.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even as Nigeria continues to asphyxiate under the unbearable weight of frightening debts, local and external, President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, November 28, urged the Senate to consider and approve&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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