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By Bayo Davids<\/div>\n
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\nThe 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the National Petroleum Company’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan.<\/p>\n

Recall that on August 16, 2023, the NNPC Limited secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan \u2014 a transaction aimed at supporting the naira and stabilizing the foreign exchange market.<\/p>\n

Arranged by the African Export-Import Bank, the $3.3 billion crude-for-cash loan was also targeted at supporting the federal government\u2019s monetary and fiscal reforms.<\/p>\n

Three weeks ago, the Federal Government received $2.25 billion out of the $3.3 billion FX facility from the African Export-Import Bank<\/p>\n

Reacting, Atiku in a statement, on Thursday wondered why the only information available to the public on the mega-deal is coming only through sources from the NNPC.<\/p>\n

The former Vice President said a Special Purpose Vehicle called Project Gazelle Funding Limited is driving the deal, and it was incorporated in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

According to him, “SPV is the borrower while the NNPC is the sponsor, with an agreement to pay with crude oil to the SPV in order to liquidate the loan at an interest rate that is a little over 12 per cent.<\/p>\n

The statement read in part “What is even more confounding about this deal is why the Federal Government would register a company in the Bahamas, knowing full well the recent scandal of the Paradise Papers that involved that country.<\/p>\n

“Curiously also, Nigeria\u2019s current Barrels Produced Daily (BPD) is 1.38 million, and according to the Project Gazelle deal, Nigeria is to supply 90,000 Barrels of its daily production, starting from 2024 till it is up to 164.25 million barrels for the repayment of the loan.<\/p>\n

“Now, this is where the details get disturbing because Nigeria\u2019s benchmark for the sale of crude per barrel in 2024 is $77.96. A simple multiplication of that figure by 164.25 will give us a whooping $12bn.<\/p>\n

“It is on this note that we are calling on the Federal Government to speak up on this shady deal.<\/p>\n

“It is inconceivable that the Federal Government will lead the country to take a loan of $3.3b with an interest rate that is not more than 12 percent, but with estimated repayment amounting to $12bn.<\/p>\n

“That is a humongous differential of about $7b between what is in the details of the deal on paper and what indeed is the reality.”<\/p>\n

Atiku insisted that there are questions to be answered on the integrity of this deal, and charged the Federal Government to talk directly on details behind the deal.<\/p>\n

He queried “Has the Federal Government accessed the loan? Is the loan in the government\u2019s borrowing plan as approved by the National Assembly? Who are the parties to the loan, and what specific roles are they expected to play? What are the conditions of the loan, including tenor, repayment terms, the collateral, and the interest rate?
\nAnd, lastly, why register an SPV in the Bahamas knowing the recent scandal of the country\u2019s notoriety for warehousing unclean assets?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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