The World Bank offered a striking diagnosis of Nigeria's public finances on Friday: the country is not dangerously over-indebted, it is dangerously under-earning. Country Director Mathew Verghis told Channels Television that Nigeria is a "moderately indebted" nation with a low revenue problem, not a high debt problem, and said the focus should shift to raising revenue to create better jobs and reduce poverty.

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