Oyo State has raised N4.8 billion  ($24 million) through a 7-year bond with a fixed rate of 16.5 percent to fund infrastructure projects, the fund manager FBN Capital said on Wednesday.

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The bond was part of the state’s 55 billion naira bond issuance programme for building of roads, hospital facilities and water production.

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