President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly seeking for another $500 million Eurobond to finance capital projects in the 2016 Budget.
This was revealed on Wednesday during the Senate plenary.
The Senate had earlier in the year secretly approved a $1 billion Eurobond requested by Buhari, also for the financing of the 2016 Budget.
More details on this news website later.
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