Nigeria: Presidency, Finance Ministry Give Conflicting Signals On China Loan

11 April 2016

A major controversy appears to have surrounded the official trip of President Mohammadu Buhari to China as the presidency and ministry of finance gave conflicting information on the agenda for the meetings between Nigerian government and Chinese officials currently going on in Beijing, China.

The spokesman for the presidency, Mr. Femi Adesina, had told Reuters on Wednesday last week that key on the agenda of the presidential visit was a loan agreement which he said the Nigerian president will sign during the visit, but a top official of the finance ministry said no such loan deal would be signed during the visit.

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