LAGOS based Attrium Consultants has said that it’s set to promote the country’s investment opportunities through its upcoming Leadership and Management Conference scheduled to hold next week in the State.

The Lagos State government is exploring modalities that will facilitate provision of affordable housing, especially for low income earners in the state, through mortgage facilities.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said in other to protect depositors’ funds, it would no longer tolerate insider dealings presently going on in the microfinance banking sector as it would hand over managing directors and directors who abuse office privileges by engaging in such practices to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

It is now certain that increase in prices goods and services inflation, is rising, and unfortunately quite earlier than anticipated by monetary authorities and even economic experts. But there is uncertainty and divergence of views on how to ensure that prices remain stable or experience minimal increase.

Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Arunma Oteh who was a guest speaker at the 2010 Kikonyongo Capital Markets Awards, Kampala, Uganda and also on a working visit to Capital Market Authority and Nairobi Stock Exchange in Kenya respectively last week x-rays why African’s capital market regulatory authorities need to create enabling environment to attract Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to source funds from the market.