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National Debt Grew By N3.2tn In Six-months—Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said national debt rose from N39.6tn in December 2021 to N42.8tn in June 2022.

This was as he said the budget for the past year saw a deficit of N4.6tn, 63 per cent of the estimated deficit for the 2022 fiscal year.

Buhari revealed this while presenting the 2023 appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja.Related N

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