{"id":90612,"date":"2021-10-07T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=90612"},"modified":"2021-10-07T15:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:44:14","slug":"buhari-nigerias-debt-rising-because-we-spent-our-way-out-of-recessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/07\/buhari-nigerias-debt-rising-because-we-spent-our-way-out-of-recessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari: Nigeria&#8217;s debt rising because we spent our way out of recessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the country&#8217;s debt profile is rising because the federal government had to spend its way out of recessions.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Nigeria&#8217;s economy has slipped into recession twice since Buhari assumed power.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Debt Management Office (DMO) said Nigeria\u2019s total public debt (federal and state governments) climbed to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">N35.46 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While addressing a joint session of the national assembly on Thursday, the president said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/01\/trade-minister-palm-oil-sector-can-boost-nigerias-economy-by-1bn\/\">economy<\/a> would not have recovered without the government\u2019s expenditure that was funded by debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs you are aware, we have witnessed two economic recessions within the period of this administration. In both cases, we had to spend our way out of recession, which necessitated a resort to growing the public debt,\u201d Buhari said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt is unlikely that our recovery from each of the two recessions would have grown as fast without the sustained government expenditure funded by debt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Buhari said Nigeria does not have a debt sustainability problem but that of generating revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOur target over the medium term is to grow our Revenue-to-GDP ratio from about 8 percent currently to 15 percent by 2025. At that level of revenues, the Debt-Service-to-Revenue ratio will cease to be worrying,\u201d the president said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cPut simply, we do not have a debt sustainability problem, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/04\/sanwo-olu-calls-for-review-of-revenue-sharing-formula-seeks-special-status-for-lagos\/\">revenue<\/a> challenge which we are determined to tackle to ensure our debts remain sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cVery importantly, we have endeavoured to use the loans to finance critical development projects and programmes aimed at improving our economic environment and ensuring effective delivery of public services to our people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the country&#8217;s debt profile is rising because the federal government had to spend its way out of recessions. 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