{"id":88664,"date":"2021-11-17T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T08:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88664"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:37:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T08:37:55","slug":"reps-approve-buharis-16bn-e1bn-loan-requests-125m-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/reps-approve-buharis-16bn-e1bn-loan-requests-125m-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps approve Buhari\u2019s $16bn, \u20ac1bn loan requests, $125m grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
House of Representatives, yesterday, approved President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s request for new externally borrowing comprising $16.2 billion and \u20ac1.020 billion.<\/div>\n
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The House also approved a grant component of\u00a0 the external funding plan amounting to $125\u00a0 million in the President\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

The approval was granted during the consideration of report on the \u2018Request for a concurrent approval of donor fund projects under the Federal Government Proposed 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan No. 2 and Addendum to the request for concurrent approval of Multilateral Fund Projects under the 2018-2021 Federal Government External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan\u2019 by the House on Committee of Supply.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Chairman of the Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management, Hon. Ahmed Dayyabu Safana, who presented the report said that the World Bank, African Development Bank, and the French Development Agency (AFD) were among the funding agencies. He said that from the total sum of $16.230 billion, World Bank would provide\u00a0 $3,529,300,000; China EXIM Bank \u2013\u00a0 $5,078,441,252; Industrial & Commercial Bank of China \u2013\u00a0 $3,902,267,260; China Development Bank \u2013\u00a0 $2,893,693,930; European ECA\/KFW\/IPEX\/AFC \u2013 $190,255,276; Standard Chartered Bank\/Sinocure \u2013 $62,120,000 while Africa Development Bank (AFDB) is to provide $698,500,000.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the Chairman said that from the total sum of \u20ac1.020 billion, French Development Agency (AFD) would provide \u20ac345,000,000; European Investment Bank \u2013 \u20ac175,000,000 while International Capital Market would also provide \u20ac500,000,000.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The loan chedule of projects indicated that the Nigeria Electrification Project \u2013 Off Grid would receive $350,000,000 from World Bank and $200 million from AfDB; 330 KV DC North Core Interconnection of Nigeria\/Niger-Benin\/Togo-Burkina Faso is to gulp $29,300,000 from World Bank; Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project (NTEP-1) is to receive $210 million from Africa Development Bank (AfDB); while Northern Corridor Transmission Project is to gulp \u20ac245 million from French Development Agency (AFD).<\/div>\n
\nFrom the total external loan approved for the Digital Economy, the National Identity Management Commission project would get\u00a0 $100\u00a0 million from French Development Agency.<\/div>\n
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Also, from the sum of\u00a0 $500\u00a0 million approved for the industrial sector, Federal Government is expected to raise Sovereign Guarantee for the Issuance of Eurobond as collateral to enable Bank of Industry to fund its Projects worth\u00a0 $500\u00a0 million but not more than \u20ac750,000,000 International Capital Market.<\/p>\n

From total loan of $12.065 billion proposed for transportation sector, Federal Ministry of Transportation is to receive\u00a0 $3,141,984,852\u00a0 from China EXIM Bank to fund the Nigerian Coastal Railway Project: Lagos-Benin City Segment;\u00a0 $1,711,336,400\u00a0 from China Exim Bank to fund Nigerian Coastal Railway Project: Benin-Onitsha including Onitsha Railway Bridge (Branch);\u00a0 $2,893,693,930\u00a0 from China Development Bank to fund Nigerian Coastal Railway Project: Benin City-Warri \u2013 Yenegoa -Port Harcourt Segment;\u00a0 $3,902,267,260\u00a0 from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to fund Central Line Project: Abuja \u2013 Baro \u2013 Itakpe \u2013 Ajaokuta segment; $25,120,000 FROM China EXIM Bank TO FUND Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernization Project Construction of the Branch Line (Apapa-Tin Can Island Port) and $190,255,276 from European ECA\/KWF\/IPEX\/AFC to fund Kano-Maradi SGR with Branch to Dutse.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, the sum of $1.789 billion proposed for the Financial and National Planning sector, Nigeria Power Sector Recovery Performance-Based Program is to gulp\u00a0 $750\u00a0 million from World Bank and $288.500 million from African Development Bank to fund COVID-19 Response Support Program (C19RSP).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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