President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives, seeking approval for a fresh loan of $5.513 billion.
In a letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, the president said the loan was to finance the 2020 budget deficit, financing of critical projects, and supporting some states of the federation.
The president also presented a revised 2020 Appropriation Bill and 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
The National Assembly had recently approved a loan of N850bn for the Federal Government, while another of $22.79bn, which the Senate has already approved, is pending before the House.
That N850 billion loan, according to the Debt Management Office, was not new but a conversion of a planned external loan to domestic borrowing.