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Wednesday, December 07, 2016

BPP approves appointment of FG’s Transaction Parties on Eurobond

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has approved the Federal Government recommended parties for the execution of Eurobond programme, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting where she sought approval on a Memorandum for the issuance of United States Dollar 1.00 billion Eurobond.

In addition, the Memo sought approval for this bond to be presented to the International Capital Market and the appointment of Transaction Parties responsible for the execution of the Programme.

She stated that the selection was based on an open and competitive bid process in line with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and a certificate of “No Objection” was received from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) to award contracts to the recommended Parties.

The Minister noted that the USD1.00 Billion Eurobond issuance was appropriated in the 2016 Budget and the funds will support the implementation of capital projects in the 2016 budget.

The appointed Transaction Parties responsible for execution of the transaction include: Citigroup, Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, White & Case LLP, Banwo & Ighodalo and AfricaPractice.

“We have so far, received strong commitment from the international community.  Investors believe in the long-term economic outlook for Nigeria as we continue with our structural reforms and increased focus on infrastructure development to diversify the economy and grow the non-oil sector”, she stated.

“Stable oil prices and steadying foreign reserves will support our plans and we expect high demand for this issue to further push down yields. We are confident that this will be a successful outing in January, 2017.”

 Oya Midele/GEE

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