Nigeria plans to raise $3.5 billion in foreign loans from the World Bank and international debt markets to help fund its 2017 budget deficit.
Budget Office Director General, Ben Akabueze said $2 billion of the foreign borrowings would come from concessionary loans with the balance of $1.5 billion from the Euro bond market.
$4 billion will be raised from the local debt market.
Akabueze said Nigeria has a shortfall of $7.5 billion for its 2017 budget expenditure.
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The country is in its second-year of recession due to low oil prices which has slashed government revenues and hit the naira.
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