We did not borrow all N80tn – Nigerian govt clarifies

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Key context: <img width="1400" height="1400" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Taiwo-Oyedele-2.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Taiwo-Oyedele-2.jpg 1400w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Taiwo-Oyedele-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Taiwo-Oyedele-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Taiwo-Oyedele-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Taiwo-Oyedele-2-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px" /><p>The Federal Government has denied claims that President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s administration borrowed about N80tn within three years. According to the government, the figure is misleading and largely reflects accounting changes rather than new loans. Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, made the clarification while speaking to the Senate Committee on Finance [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/21/we-did-not-borrow-all-n80tn-nigerian-govt-clarifies/">We did not borrow all N80tn &#8211; Nigerian govt clarifies</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.