
Nigeria to stop Using Central Bank to Fund Deficit
Nigeria has borrowed $33 billion form its own Central Bank to fund its budget deficit. Debt restructuring needed to stop the bubble to burst and to make Nigeria economy strong again. Finance Minister Wale Edun said, “We are bringing order to government borrowing“. For long cash, shortages have plagued Nigeria’s economy, due to a CBN directive. One of the largest economy in Africa had to print new currency for financing its fiscal deficit. On March 2023, Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria to extend the use of old currency notes until December 31. The issue of withdrawal notes will become an election problem who causes anger. The Central Bank says that old notes will remain legal tender in 2024 and that there is no deadline.…









