{"id":43660,"date":"2021-05-14T08:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43660"},"modified":"2021-05-14T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:54:10","slug":"imf-tells-president-buhari-to-borrow-more-or-raise-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=43660","title":{"rendered":"IMF tells President Buhari to borrow more, or raise taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Buhari-new-year.jpg\" alt=\"Nigerian govt gives reasons for $1.2bn loan from Brazil\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>International Monetary Fund said the Nigerian government and other African countries would have to borrow more funds, or increase taxes in order to meet spending needs that have existed before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The international financial institution said there are three&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/despite-recurring-bandits-attacks-buhari-pledges-food-security\/\">challenges&nbsp;<\/a>facing African governments: Firstly, to meet increased spending needs; secondly, to contain a pronounced increase in public debt, and finally, to mobilize more tax revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an email seen by Ripples Nigeria, it was gathered that the Nigerian government and its African counterparts can\u2019t choose one without affecting the other two, hence the World Bank stated that there\u2019s an \u201cncredibly difficult balancing act\u201d that is needed to address the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow policymakers navigate this trilemma will have a huge bearing on economic and social outcomes in the coming years.\u201d the World Bank said in the email titled The Policymakers\u2019 Trilemma, and sent on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHigher spending, for example, will require that the authorities either take on more debt or increase taxes. Or both. On the other hand, efforts to boost tax revenues\u2014although politically and socially challenging\u2014would provide much-needed resources to either increase spending or contain debt. Or both.\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The need for more spending is draw from the falling region wide unemployment level, which the World Bank put at eight and a half percent in 2020. It was also stated that over 32 million people have been thrown into poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bretton Woods institution also mentioned disruption to school and marginalized workers who were affected by the pandemic and disruption to activities across sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2026demands for increased social spending, and for investment in health, education, and infrastructure, have all, understandably, intensified. And the pressure is only going to get stronger as by 2030 nearly one in two new entrants into the global labor force will come from sub\u2011Saharan Africa.\u201d The World Bank said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Monetary Fund said the Nigerian government and other African countries would have to borrow more funds, or increase taxes in order to meet spending needs that have existed before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. 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