Most indebted Nigerian states as of September 2025

Nairametrics | 24-02-2026 08:58pm |

Subnational debt had become concentrated in just a handful of states, with a few of them carrying a far larger share of the country’s total subnational borrowing than the rest, as of September 2025. Latest data from the Debt Management Office (DMO) show that the combined domestic debt of Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT reached N4.00 trillion

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