The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has said that Nigeria
cannot make progress if it doesn't borrow to fund the building of its
infrastructure.
Ahmed at a media briefing at the statehouse Abuja on Thursday
February 25, said this while reacting to criticism regarding high levels of borrowing by this administration.''The level of borrowing is not unreasonable. It is not high. If we say we will not borrow and therefore we will not build rails and major infrastructure until our revenue rises enough, we will regress as a country. We will be left behind. We wouldn't be able to improve our business environment and our economy will not grow.
We just need to make sure that when we borrow, we apply the borrowing to specific major infrastructure that would enhance the business environment in this country''
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