Debt Management Office: Islamic finance key to Nigeria’s development goals
20 June 2019 |
10:21 am
Patience Oniha, Director General of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office says government policies in the country targets a private sector-led growth among others and the issuance of the Sukuk bonds in the past have been aimed at meeting these objectives.
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