NNPC secures $3bn Afreximbank loan to strengthen naira

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited on Wednesday secured a $3 billion emergency crude repayment loan from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to stabilise the naira.

The company confirmed the development in a terse statement in Abuja.

Ripples Nigeria gathered that the loan would be repaid with crude oil at an interest rate of eight percent to 11 percent.