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Nigeria’s president asks lawmakers for extra $4 billion funding

2024.07.17 10:59

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate for an extra 6.2 trillion naira ($4 billion) in funding to plug shortfalls in this year’s national budget, according to a letter read to lawmakers on Wednesday.

Tinubu also sought to impose a one-off windfall tax on banks’ foreign exchange gains, as his government aims to raise revenues to fund “capital infrastructure development, education, and healthcare as well as welfare initiatives.”

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu arrives ahead of the inauguration of South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa as President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on June 19, 2024.  PHILL MAGAKOE/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Senators immediately started debating a bill to approve the new funding request, which comes at a time when the government is under pressure from unions to agree a new minimum wage amid the country’s worst cost of living crisis in a generation.

($1 = 1,555.0000 naira)



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