Lagos,
Kaduna and Edo State are the most indebted states of the federation with a
combined profile of $1.84bn. The three States are under the control of the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
According to statistics from the Debt Management Office in Abuja
on Wednesday, the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory
owe $3.65bn in foreign debts as against the $7.61bn owed by the Federal
Government as of June 30, 2016; bringing the country’s total foreign debt to
$11.26bn.
Lagos,
which is the nation’s commercial hub, retained its topmost position as the most
indebted state of the federation with a total of $1.43bn in foreign debts.
Thus, the state holds 39.17 per cent of the country’s total subnational foreign
debts.
Kaduna State, with total foreign debt of $225.28m, comes in the
second position. It holds 6.16 per cent of the subnational foreign debts.
Edo State, with a total of $179.52m as of June 30, holds 4.91
per cent of the country’s subnational foreign debts.
Other owing states in the subnational foreign debts include
Cross River, $141.47m or 3.87 per cent; and Ogun, $103.55m or 2.83 per cent.
Bauchi
owes $97.23m or 2.66 per cent; Osun, $78.93m or 2.16 per cent; Adamawa, $77.14m
or 2.11 per cent; Enugu, $74.46m or 2.04 per cent; Katsina, $68.99m or 1.89 per
cent; and Oyo, $67.56m or 1.85 per cent.
Some of the least indebted states of the federation are Borno,
$21.89m; Taraba, $23.01m; Plateau, $29.24m; Yobe, $29.28m; Jigawa, $32.62m;
Kogi, $33.56m; Benue, $34.26; FCT, $34.8m; Zamfara, $35.07m; and Delta,
$42.21m.
Punch reports that the 36 states of the federation and the FCT
grew their external debts by $1.37tn in five years.
The external indebtedness of the subnational governments as of
December 31, 2010 stood at $2bn. However, by December 2015, it had risen to
$3.37tn.
Earlier, DMO revealed that the nation’s current debt
profile stands at N16.29tn.
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