The Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed that its monthly
auction of FGN Bonds for September 2019 has been
oversubscribed.
A statement by the DMO in Abuja on Wednesday said three
Instruments (5-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds) with a total face
value of N150.00 billion, were offered to investors at the
Auction.
According to the DMI, the “total subscriptions received from
competitive bids for the instruments was N160.90 billion. In
addition, there were also non-competitive bids of N46.60 billion,
taking the total subscription received (competitive and
non-competitive) to the sum of N207.50 billion.”
The DMO noted that investors “sentiments remained strong for the
longer-dated bonds.” Specifically, the DMO said it received
subscriptions from “competitive bids for the 10-year and 30-year
bonds were N82.91 and N63.66 billion, compared with the amount
offered of N50.00 billion and N55.00 billion, for the two
instruments, respectively.”
Allotments were made to successful bidders at 14.3900% for the
5-year, 14.4300% for the 10-year and 14.6400% for the 30-year
bonds.
In addition, the amount allotted to competitive bidders for the
three (3) instruments was N100.00 billion, while the sum of N46.60
billion was allotted to non-competitive bidders. Overall, the total
amount allotted at the Auction was N146.60 billion.
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