{"id":434,"date":"2021-09-14T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/14\/breaking-buhari-writes-senate-requests-fresh-loan-of-4b-e710m\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:06:41","slug":"breaking-buhari-writes-senate-requests-fresh-loan-of-4b-e710m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/09\/14\/breaking-buhari-writes-senate-requests-fresh-loan-of-4b-e710m\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Buhari Writes Senate, Requests Fresh Loan Of $4B, \u20ac710M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"432\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/screenshot_20210914-151312_wordpress.jpg?fit=640%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/screenshot_20210914-151312_wordpress.jpg?resize=640%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/screenshot_20210914-151312_wordpress.jpg?w=889&amp;ssl=1 889w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/screenshot_20210914-151312_wordpress.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/screenshot_20210914-151312_wordpress.jpg?resize=768%2C473&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption><strong>President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, seeking approval to borrow the sum of $4,054,476,863 and \u20ac710 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The request was made known in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at plenary on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the letter titled&nbsp;Addendum to Request For Senate\u2019s Concurrent Approval Of Multilateral Fund Projects Under the 2018-2021 Federal Government External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan,&nbsp;President Buhari explained that owing to \u201cemerging needs\u201d, there is a need to raise more funds for some \u201ccritical projects\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: G9ija.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, seeking approval to 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