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Viewing cable 07ABUJA1973, GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07ABUJA1973 2007-09-12 14:51 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXRO5507
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHUJA #1973/01 2551451
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 121451Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0911
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS 7874
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ABUJA 001973 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO USTR LAGAMA 
TREASURY FOR RICHARD HALL/DAN PETERS 
USDOC FOR 3317/ITA/OA/KBURRESS AND 
3130/USFC/OIO/ANESA/DHARRIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EFIN EPET LI NI PREL
SUBJECT: GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA 
 
REF: STATE 117303 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2007 Ambassador Gribbin, 
accompanied by EconCouns and EconOff, delivered reftel 
demarche to the Minister of State for Finance, Aderemi 
Babalola.  Babalola said the GON would consider the USG 
request that Nigeria forgive $44 million in arrears that 
Liberia owes the Nigerian Trust Fund (NTF) through the 
African Development Bank (AfDB).  Ambassador Gribbin also 
took the opportunity to discuss Nigeria,s debt structure, 
follow-on to the IMF Policy Support Instrument (PSI), 
Temporary Import Licenses (TIs), Customs Reforms and the 
recently held Nigeria Economic Summit. End Summary. 
 
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Forgiveness of Liberia,a Arrears to the NTF 
------------------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Ambassador Gribbin noted that Nigeria had been the 
recipient of concessions that led to forgiveness of their 
Paris and London Club debts and suggested that Nigeria should 
consider such treatment for Liberia.  Babalola indicated that 
the GON is looking at the issue but has not made a decision. 
The GON would like to determine if Liberia is capable of 
paying their arears and said the GON would not grant relief 
if Liberia had the ability to pay.  The Ambassador stated 
that the USG saw this as an instance of genuine need and a 
key step towards Liberia's economic revival.  Babalola said 
the GON was looking at other ways it could assist in helping 
revive the Liberian economy. 
 
-------------------------- 
Nigeria,s Debt and the PSI 
-------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) Ambassador Gribbin touched on the Chinese loan the 
IMF had highlighted in the Third PSI Review.  Babalola said 
the GON respected its commitment on nonconcessional loans. 
The previous Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with 
the Chinese covered 5-6 areas, among them telecoms, railways 
and power, but usage of those funds was on hold.  Babalola 
said the GON needs to review potential projects related to 
the MOU, to ensure that actual financing would be appropriate 
and to avoid having to abandon any projects in mid-stream. 
Credit arrangements with the Chinese are presently being 
discussed by President Yar,Adua,s Economic Management Team, 
chaired by Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, Minister of Finance. 
Ambassador Gribbin stressed that the GON should keep to the 
debt relief and PSI framework. 
 
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Temporary Import Permits (TIs) 
------------------------------ 
 
4. (SBU) Ambasador Gribbin brought up U.S. concerns about 
purported Customs charges to American oil service companies 
for temporary import permits.  He stressed the need for 
Customs charges to be fully transparent.  U.S. company 
concerns centered around payments to customs agents 
processing TIs, despite the fact that there are no costs or 
charges set out by law or publicly available regulations. 
 
5. (SBU) Babalola said that the U.S. Foreign Corrupt 
Practices Act is helpful to the GON in its efforts to reel in 
corruption.  He has met with the U.S. company, Tidewater, and 
the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to discuss the matter.  He 
stated that there are no Customs fees for TIs.  He 
volunteered that delays in processing could lead companies or 
agents to believe that bureaucrats were seeking a fee.  He 
noted also that companies can apply to be their own agent for 
TIs.  Any agent must state and document all charges and 
provide valid receipts, Babalola said.  At the same time, it 
was a legimate Customs concern to ensure that equipment 
brought in under TIs was in fact eventually re-exported. 
 
6. (SBU) Babalola agreed that goods need to be cleared much 
sooner than they are now. The NCS needs to determine where 
the bottlenecks are and develop a system based upon an agreed 
timeframe.  The NCS requires a technology platform that 
combines software, systems and processes and coordination 
with all inspection agencies to reduce the time for 
clearance.  He noted existing concessions given to Customs, 
 
ABUJA 00001973  002 OF 002 
 
 
where they are able to keep 7% of collected revenues (Federal 
Inland Revenue has been given the same concession) to use as 
they see fit.  Babalola was concerned that that funding 
method led to an emphasis on collections over service. 
 
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13th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) 
----------------------------------- 
 
7. (SBU) Babalola described the previous week's NES as a 
private sector initiative to assist the GON in realizing its 
reform agenda.  For the past five years the private sector 
was discouraged because the earlier focus on that period's 
"Vision 2010" never reached fruition.  The private sector was 
more hopeful about the new administration.  The GON has now 
embarked on a goal to make Nigeria one of the twenty largest 
economies in the world by 2020. At the same time, the GON had 
not been keeping up with its own plans for capital spending, 
the Minister of State said. Substantially more investment is 
needed--requiring private sector involvement and the 
"enabling conditions" to encourage private investment in 
infrastructure.  Babalola informed Ambassador Gribbin that 
the Minister of Finance and the Minister of National Planning 
are expected to attend the IMF/World Bank meetings this year. 
 
GRIBBIN 
GRIBBIN