JUST IN: NNPC Secures $3bn Emergency Loan To Stabilise Naira

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited has secured a $3 billion crude repayment loan to stabilise naira.

The funding NNPC Limited secured from the AFRIEXIM bank headquarters in Cairo, will support the naira and stabilise the foreign exchange market.

NNPC in a terse statement on Wednesday said, “The NNPC Ltd. and AfriEXIM bank have jointly signed a commitment letter and Termsheet for an emergency $3 billion crude oil repayment loan.

“The signing, which took place today at the bank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, will provide some immediate disbursement that will enable the NNPC Ltd. to support the Federal Government in its ongoing fiscal and monetary policy reforms aimed at stabilizing the exchange rate market.”

This is a developing story.

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