The director of Planning and Institutional Relations of , , denied this Friday (22) that there was financing from the development bank in , in response to a post made by former state deputy Janaína Paschoal.
On a social network, Janaina, who was elected councilor for São Paulo, questioned the origin of the resources for the US$2.5 billion investment announced in .
signed an agreement that provides for the development of a five-year investment plan that includes the construction of six factories in Nigeria, being .
“I just want to know one thing: does this new investment in Nigeria have money from the Brazilian people involved? Is there financing from BNDES, BB [Banco do Brasil]as was the case during Dilma’s time [Rousseff]?” asked Janaina.
“Can any federal senator/deputy please request these details? Private agents can invest wherever they want, but if there is public money, whether through financing or exemption, it is our business!”
Barbosa denied that there was money from the bank in this operation. “The initiative does not have any support from BNDES, which is the most transparent institution in the Republic, either by the TCU [Tribunal de Contas da União]as well as by the CGU [Controladoria-Geral da União]”, he stated. “Any citizen can consult the bank’s portal and check the operations we support.”
According to data from the bank, between 2003 and 2017 the J&F group had received disbursements from BNDES totaling R$17.6 billion (at the time). Of this total, R$9.5 billion was in loans and R$8.1 billion in investment in shares in JBS and Bertin (which later became part of the group).
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