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Funding Nigeria’s ₦11.3trn budget deficit for 2023

By Reuters
02 September 2022   |   5:28 am
The Nigerian government has proposed to borrow over 11 trillion naira to finance the proposed 2023 budget deficit. What options are available to the government? Theo Emuwa, a Partner at Aelex, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.

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