‘Stop deceiving Nigerians’ – Rufai Oseni blasts Oyedele over $21.7bn loan

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has fired back at the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, over his defence of the fresh external borrowing request of President Bola Tinubu. DAILY POST recalls that Oyedele had on Wednesday stated that the $20.52 billion and €1.045 billion fresh loans requested by President Tinubu are not borrowing but investment. Reacting, however, on Arise TV Morning Show, Rufai insisted that it is a loan and not investment, no matter how the government tries to rebrand it. "If you take money and you will pay back with interest, it's a loan. Call it whatever you want, it's still a loan not an investment,” Rufai said. Rufai stated that Nigerians are tired of gimmicks and w...