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Inherited problems
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Partial progress
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The problem
Masari said he inherited a domestic debt of about ₦11.5 billion plus $72.2 million in external debt, alongside ₦11.09 billion in unpaid salary arrears (₦3.65bn state-level, ₦7.44bn across local governments) from the Shema administration in May 2015.
What was done
Shema disputed this account, saying his administration paid salaries every month without arrears throughout its eight years and left over ₦14 billion in state and local-government coffers; an independent Premium Times review found Katsina had no clear basis for the bailout-eligible insolvency Masari described.