Tag: Minister for Finance

Nigeria puts $300 million World Bank cash into mortgage agency

Nigeria has put $300 million worth of World Bank aid money into a mortgage-backed guarantee that it hopes will boost lending via the creation of a secondary market, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. Africa’s most populous country and second biggest economy suffers a woeful housing shortage, with somewhere between […]

Okonjo-Iweala’s 102-Page Response To House Finance Committee’s 50 Questions

The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Fiance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has responded to the 50 questions handed her by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance. The Minister emailed her “detailed” response to THEWILL alongside a statement. “The document provides, in extensive detail, including tables and graphs, […]