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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/finance-ministry-disputes-interest-revenue-ratio",
  "slug": "finance-ministry-disputes-interest-revenue-ratio",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-18",
  "sourceName": "Premium Times",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/918052-finance-ministry-faults-claim-that-fgs-interest-payments-hit-124-of-revenue.html",
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  "tags": [
    "Nigeria",
    "Public finance",
    "Government debt",
    "Revenue"
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  "content": {
    "title": "Finance ministry disputes interpretation of Nigeria’s 124% interest-to-revenue ratio",
    "summary": "Nigeria’s finance ministry said the reported 124% ratio mixes federal debt service for other tiers of government with an incomplete federal revenue figure.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Finance ministry disputes interpretation of Nigeria’s 124% interest-to-revenue ratio",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Nigeria’s finance ministry said the reported 124% ratio mixes federal debt service for other tiers of government with an incomplete federal revenue figure.",
          "The ministry said federal revenue rose 72% year on year to ₦6.2 trillion in H1 2026, while interest payments rose 38% to ₦7.7 trillion. It argued that full-year measures are more appropriate for assessing debt sustainability and cited a projected 46% debt-service-to-revenue ratio for 2026."
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            "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/918052-finance-ministry-faults-claim-that-fgs-interest-payments-hit-124-of-revenue.html"
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