The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has removed Nigeria from its list of debtor-countries.
Established in 1944, IMF supports countriesโ economic growth by providing financial aid and guidance on policies to enhance stability, productivity, and job opportunities.
Countries seek loans from the IMF to address economic crises, stabilise their currencies, implement structural reforms, and alleviate balance of payments difficulties.
Nigeria has joined Switzerland, Singapore, China and New Zealand on the list of the countries not indebted to the IMF.
The country cleared the $1.6 billion debt it owed the IMF.
In a report, titled: โTotal IMF Credit Outstanding โ Movement from May 01, 2025 to May 06, 2025,โ obtained on the multilateral institutionโs website on Wednesday, Nigeria was not listed among the debtors, which had 91 developing and least developed countries owing the fund a total of $117,797,656,224 as at May 6, 2025.
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๐ JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELTotal IMF credit outstanding refers to the total amount of unpaid and outstanding principal due to the fund from its member countries. This includes both outstanding loans under current arrangements and those that have expired.
StatiSense, a data company, also confirmed on its X handle that Nigeria was no longer listed on the list of countries indebted to IMF, revealed that as at July 28, 2023, Nigeria owed the fund $1.61 billion.
StatiSense said the debt was reduced to $1.37 billion as at January 5, 2024; $933.03 million as at July 10, 2024; $472.06 million as at January 8, 2025, before it was finally settled this month.
According to Tolu Ogunlesi, a media aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari: โNigeria got US$3.4 billion in โemergency financial assistanceโ from the IMF, under the โRapid Financing Instrumentโ:
According to Minister @ZShamsuna:
โ Interest Rate: 1%
โ Repayment moratorium of 3.25 years
โ Repayment period of 5 years
โThis US$3.4 billion (equivalent to 2.454.5 billion SDR; amounting to 100% of our SDR quota) Covid-19 assistance from the IMF to @NigeriaGov, under the IMFโs Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI), has now been fully repaid, in line with the terms of the agreement.
โA repayment period of 5 years, meaning 2020 to 2025, and a moratorium of 3.25 years, meaning that we had a grace period until Q3 2023 before we had to start repaying.
โSo, repayment schedule: 2023-2025
โPBAT has kept to the terms, and as of May 2025, the loan has been fully repaid. Naija no dey carry last, and we no dey default.
โThis is what the repayment looks like, from the @IMFNews website:
โOutstanding as at June 30, 2023: 2,454,500,000
โDec 31, 2023: 1,840,875,000
โJune 30, 2024: 1,227,250,000
Nigeria First, a safety valve
โMarch 31, 2025: 306,810,000
โMay 07, 2025: 0
The top 10 countries most indebted to the IMF include:
ยท Argentina
ยท Egypt
ยท Ukraine
ยท Pakistan
ยท Ecuador
ยท Colombia
ยท Angola
ยท Kenya
ยท Ghana
ยท Ivory Coast
African indebted countries are as follows:
ยท Tanzania
ยท Cameroon
ยท Chad
ยท Comoros
ยท Equatorial Guinea
ยท Guinea
ยท Ethiopia
ยท Botswana
ยท Democratic Republic of the Congo
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