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Debt Levels Rising Globally, Not Just in Nigeria – DMO

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Published: June 15, 2025
Last updated: June 15, 2025
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Patience Oniha, director-general of the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said borrowing to finance budget deficits and critical infrastructure is “not necessarily bad” for Nigeria.

Oniha, who stated this in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Lagos, said that government borrowings were done by all countries, mostly to finance infrastructure.

According to her: “The issue of debt has become topical in Nigeria that sometimes it almost looks as if borrowing is an offence or a crime,”

“The first thing we must understand is that countries across the world borrow, be it poor countries, advanced countries, developed countries, emerging markets. They all borrow.

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“We usually hear complaints that debt levels are rising in Nigeria. Globally, debt levels are rising, not just in Nigeria.”

“What has happened with COVID-19 is that countries needed to spend more, not only on health needs but on social needs as well, because we need to take care of people who are losing their jobs,” 

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“We need to create incentives for the private sector to continue operating to avoid a big recession because most countries experienced recession.

“We did as well, but we came out of it after two quarters. Government spending is one of the tools you can use properly to exit recession.

“In Nigeria, we borrow to finance budget deficits, sometimes we borrow to finance specific projects and services like railways and airports. Financing infrastructure is an economy itself. It creates jobs across all sectors.

“We also borrow to finance maturing loan obligations like the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds and Nigeria treasury bills.”

She explained that statutory laws are in place to regulate borrowings by government.

“The Fiscal Responsibility Act states that borrowing should be for capital purposes and human capital development. The DMO Act is also clear, especially on external borrowings,” she said.

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“No arm of government can borrow on its own. It has to conform with those provisions and pass through the federal executive council and the national assembly.

“There is also a fiscal responsibility for the state governments to ensure that the reforms at the centre also happen in the states.”

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