150bn FG Bonds for Auction in November

The Debt Management Office (DMO), the government agency that coordinates the management of Nigeria’s debt, has said that Federal government N150bn bonds will be up for subscription this month.

In a circular available on the website of the Debt management agency, the bonds are to be auctioned on November 17 while the settlement date was set for November 19.

The Federal Agency had on September 17 announced the Federal government plans for Eurobond issuance in the international capital market (ICM). The issuance, as announced in September, was to avail local investors of the opportunity to invest.

Almost a month after, the federal government is up with N150 billion bonds. The bonds are broken into three with each worth N50bn.

A further breakdown available in the circular by DMO showed that the bonds are a 10-year re-opening bond offered at the rate of 12.50 percent and is to mature in January 2026. There is the 20-years re-opening bond to be offered at 16.2499 percent and will mature in April 2037. There is also a 30-year re-opening bond to be offered at 12.98 percent and mature in March 2050.

Similarly, according to the circular, the bonds will offer N1,000 per unit subject to a minimum subscription of N50,001,000 and in multiples of N1,000 thereafter.

The interest rate is payable semi-annually. For the interest rate, “For Re-opening of previously issued bonds, (where the coupon is already set), successful bidders will pay a price corresponding to the yield-to-maturity bid that clears the volume being auctioned, plus any accrued interest on the instrument,” DMO said.

The circular also stated that the bond qualifies as a security. It read, “FNG bonds are backed by the full faith and credit of the Federal Government of Nigeria and charged upon the general assets of Nigeria.”

As regards redemption, the circular stipulated bullet repayment on the maturity date.