The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has asked the Senate to approve $1.5 billion loan.

The loan is part of the 2016-2018 External Borrowing Plan of the federal government and is meant for projects in 10 states, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Recall that the Acting President had on May 24th, 2017 also wrote the speaker of the house of representatives seeking to include the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) and Fund for Agricultural Finance in Nigeria (FAFIN-II) in the 2016-2018 borrowing plan.

In a letter addressed to the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, Osinbajo said the DBN which is a multi-donor supported bank, was omitted in the 2014-2016 external borrowing plan.

He explained that the donors were ready to release funds to the DBN, following the approval of the National Assembly.

Osinbajo also said FAFIN was being supported with a sum of €9million by the KfW Development Bank of Germany, after it had released €10.5million in 2013 in the first tranche.
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