Buhari seeks N/Assembly approval to take $6.9b loan

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested for the approval of the National Assembly to borrow $6.9b for infrastructural development.

Buhari in a letter read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki said $5.8bn would be borrowed from the Chinese Exim bank for the repair of the railway transport sector.

He said $1.1b would be taken from the World Bank for the North East geopolitical zone and social security program of his administration.