Nigeria Will Continue to Borrow, Finance Minister Clarifies

Barely 48 hours after finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, said that the federal government must move away from debt in funding future budgets, she clarified her statement by saying Nigeria has no choice but to continue to borrow in order to fund the 2017 budget.

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