Oyo state’s total domestic debt stock as at December 31, 2016, stood at N115.8 billion, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said.
Domestic debt is the amount of money raised by the any sub-national government denominated in local currency and from its own residents.
It consists of two components – bank and non-bank borrowing, and are issued through government debt instruments such as Nigerian Treasury Bills, Nigerian Treasury Certificates, Federal Government Development Stocks, Treasury Bonds, Ways and Means Advances.
According to the document cited by InsideOyo.com, a breakdown of the indebtedness shows that Lagos, Delta and Akwa Ibom States topped the list with a domestic debt stock of N311.7 billion, N241.3 billion and N155.4 billion respectively.
The list were followed by the FCT with N152.8 billion debt stock, Osun with N147 billion, Rivers N142.4 billion and Bayelsa N140.1 billion.
Anambra emerged the state with the least debt ( N3.9 billion), followed by Yobe with N13.5 billion and Jigawa with N19 billion. Anambra State had also in 2015 recorded the least debt of N3.5 billion.
Debt Management Office (DMO) Nigeria is a government agency established to centrally coordinate the management of Nigeria’s debt.
See FULL LIST:
States Domestic Debt Profile DMO 2016
