Nigeria and other African countries have written a letter to the Group of 20 (G20) countries to extend their debt servicing timeline.
They took the step to ensure that debt servicing obligations do not cripple their economies.
The plea is contained in a letter by the Ministers of Finance of Ghana, Senegal and Egypt, on behalf of African Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors, and copied to the Chairperson of G20 Chairperson, African Union (AU) Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) President, The World Bank.
In the letter, the African Ministers of Finance and Central Bank governors said: “We ask for immediate liquidity support akin to the global response during the COVID-19 pandemic to help support our economies.
“The end of the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) in December 2021 meant that countries are due to resume payments on their debt obligations, despite a deteriorating global context, particularly for middle and low-income economies on the African continent.
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