Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo says the Buhari-led administration inherited a debt of $63 billion and
has only borrowed $10 billion since it took office in 2015.
He made the disclosure in
Ibadan on Saturday during the 9th Public Lecture of Sigma Club at the
International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan.
NAN reports that Osinbajo
delivered a lecture entitled ‘Developing the Nation Through Youth Empowerment’.
“In 2010, our debt was $35
billion, $41 billion in 2011, $48 billion in 2012, $64 billion in 2013, $67.7
billion in 2014, $63.8 billion in 2015, $57.8 billion in 2016, $70 billion in
2017 and $73 billion in 2018” he said.
“The nation’s debt as at
today was $73 bilłion, an increment of $10 billion from the $63 billion
inherited in 2015.”
He said the nation’s oil
earnings was $119.8 billion between 1990 to 1998, $481 billion from 1999 to
2009 and $381 billion from 2010 to 2014, while the present administration has
only earned $112 billion from June 2015.
“The earnings from oil
from 2010 to 2014 were the highest recorded in the history of the country. This
is a period when the price of oil per barrel sold from $100 to $114.
Giving examples of a $67
million transaction that was carried out in 2015, the vice president said the
most important drain on the nation’s public purse was grand corruption, saying
the nation would earn more revenue if such was addressed.
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