Nigeria’s government borrows N24tn from CBN amid fiscal risks

The Federal Government has borrowed N6.31tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria through Ways and Means Advances in 10 months.

This has pushed the Federal Government’s borrowing from the CBN from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N23.77tn in October 2022.

The N23.77tn owed to the apex bank by the Federal Government is not part of the country’s total public debt stock, which stood at N42.84tn as of June 2022, according to the Debt Management Office.

The public debt stock only includes the debts of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the 36 state governments, and the Federal Capital Territory.