{"id":343291,"date":"2024-10-25T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=343291"},"modified":"2024-10-25T13:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:50:02","slug":"70bn-i-left-in-nigerias-coffers-squandered-we-owe-more-debt-now-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/25\/70bn-i-left-in-nigerias-coffers-squandered-we-owe-more-debt-now-obasanjo\/","title":{"rendered":"$70billion I left in Nigeria\u2019s coffers squandered, we owe more debt now \u2013 Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He lamented the massive debt successive government has plunged Nigeria into despite leaving behind a healthy and bouyant reserve when he left office in 2027<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Former Nigerian President, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/10\/25\/obasanjo-breaks-silence-on-third-term-ambition-reveals-actual-sponsors\/\">Olusegun Obasanjo<\/a> has expressed his revulsion at the manner Nigeria&#8217;s finances have been managed since he left office.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented the massive debt successive governments have plunged Nigeria into despite leaving behind a healthy and bouyant reserve when he left office in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that about $70 billion, including a $45 billion reserve and $25 billion in a designated \u201cexcess crude\u201d account he left behind has been squandered.<\/p>\n<p>The former President made this known on Thursday in an exclusive interview with Kayode Akintemi of News Central Television.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo, who bemoaned the poor quality of leadership in the country, said his government met a debt overhang of close to $36 billion but reduced it to about $3.5 to $3.6 billion before leaving office in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI came in 1999 and met $3.7 billion in the reserve. 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