Nigeria to refinance $3bn worth of T-bills with dollar debt
By CNBC
11 August 2017 |
3:00 pm
In a bid to lower costs and improve Nigeria's debt position, the government announced plans to refinance 3 billion dollars’ worth of treasury bills denominated in local currency with dollar borrowing.
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