Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) announced on May 5, 2019, that on December 31, 2018, its assets reached NGN617.70 billion ($1.72 billion), representing a 16% YoY rise.
The authority’s gross income during the period under review was NGN44.34 billion ($123 million) against NGN27.93 billion at end December 2017.
With a social capital of $1 billion, the NSIA was created in 2011 to invest oil revenues. It became operational in 2014.
Managed by Uche Orji (photo), the investment authority is divided into three sections, a stabilization fund, an infrastructure fund and the future generation fund namely.
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