DMO Redeems N198.032bn of TBs in December

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Nigerian Treasury Bills Maturing in December
The Debt Management Offices wishes to inform the General Public that the N198.032
billion Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) which will mature in December 2017 will be repaid in
full at maturity. The N198.032 billion comprises of N131.415 billion and N66.617 billion of
NTBs which will mature on December 14, 2017 and December 21, 2017 respectively.
Before now, the practice has been to rollover NTBs at maturity.
It will be recalled that the Government had announced plans to refinance some maturing
domestic debt with external borrowing as part of its overall debt management strategy of
reducing Debt Service Costs. Other objectives of this strategy are to free up space in the
domestic market for other borrowers and achieve a more sustainable debt portfolio mix of
60% Domestic and 40% External. In addition, the redemption over time will help reduce
the refinancing risk associated with short-term borrowings through NTBs with tenors of 91,
182 and 364 days. As at September 30, 2017, NTBs accounted for 30.23% of the FGN’s
Domestic Debt of N12.5 trillion compared to the DMO’s target of a maximum of 25%.
The NTBs will be redeemed primarily using proceeds of the USD500 million raised through
a Eurobond Issuance by Nigeria in November 2017. Nigeria had issued a dual-tranche
USD3 billion Eurobond in November 2017 out of which USD2.5 billion is to part-finance
the deficit in 2017 Appropriation Act and the balance of USD500 million is for the
refinancing of domestic debt.
By redeeming the N198.032 billion NTBs, the Government is not only implementing its
debt management strategy but also providing liquidity to the financial system to enable the
private sector access credit from banks and issue securities in the domestic market to
raise funds. The DMO expects operators in the market to use this opportunity to develop
the other segments of the debt capital market such as Corporate Bonds.
The strategy of enabling the private sector to access funds and possibly at a lower cost
than was hitherto possible, is consistent with the Government’s policy of a private-sector
led growth.

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