Capital Market Key To Easing Nigeria’s Negative $85.21bn Net Foreign Liabilities

Capital Market Key To Easing Nigeria’s Negative $85.21bn Net Foreign Liabilities

Author: Africa Business Radio August 27, 2021 Duration: 17:15
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The International Monetary Fund data shows that with the Economic downturn still pounding its economy, Nigeria’s foreign liabilities stood at $187.36 billion while its foreign assets amounted to $102.15 billion as of December 2020, leaving it with a staggering net figure of -$85.21 billion.
But it would seem that to get off this bind, the government needs to begin to look at how to grow and deepen the capital market and see it as a partner for progress rather than just a bunch of private sector profiteers whom it is in competition with.
A robust and sturdy capital market is seen as holding the key to build and retain capital in-country and the Nigerian capital market, estimated at $50 billion in size, needs to grow to $500 billion to help Nigeria post surplus in its net foreign liabilities readings.

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