While Nigeria’s total debt may seem benign at just 18.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a closer look at debt service payments reveals a different picture of a crushing interest burden on the domestic debt alone. Nigeria spent N659 billion to service its domestic debts in 2012, which is
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