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Nigeria’s NNPC Takes $4.5 Billion Loan for Nation’s Priorities

Bloomberg Markets Tuesday 04 August 2026, 08:28 UTC By Ruth Olurounbi and Anthony Osae-Brown 1 min read
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Nigeria’s NNPC Takes $4.5 Billion Loan for Nation’s Priorities Nigeria said it approved a $4.5 billion arrangement with the state-owned energy firm that will liberate funds to bolster foreign-exchange reserves and spending on the government’s ongoing infrastructure priorities. The country will receive the money from a refinanced pre-export crude facility that is secured by 78,750 barrels of daily oil output by the Nigerian National Petroleum Co., the office of Vice President Kashim Shettima...

Nigeria’s NNPC Takes $4.5 Billion Loan for Nation’s Priorities Nigeria said it approved a $4.5 billion arrangement with the state-owned energy firm that will liberate funds to bolster foreign-exchange reserves and spending on the government’s ongoing infrastructure priorities. The country will receive the money from a refinanced pre-export crude facility that is secured by 78,750 barrels of daily oil output by the Nigerian National Petroleum Co., the office of Vice President Kashim Shettima said in a statement Tuesday. The National Economic Council approved the deal in a meeting on Monday, it said.
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