The Niger State Government has set aside N1 billion to enable indigenes of the state benefit from the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship (SME) Credit Scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2018.

We have been looking at the issue of identification cards that will not just be means of identification for retirees but they will be able to use it for some other things, such as access to medical care and transportation on Lagos buses. We are fine-tuning it.

HIEF Executives of insurance firms have identified consolidation, cybercrime cover,  the insurance industry rebranding project, and enforcement of compulsory insurances nationwide amongst others as are factors  that will  influence the direction of the subsector 2018.

Commissioner of Information, Akwa Ibom State, Mr Charles Udoh, in this interview with Financial Vanguard disclosed the state government’s drive to industrialise the state and efforts to build infrastructure to attract foreign investors in different sectors of the economy. He disclosed that opportunity exists to build gas fired thermal power, other factories, among other viable projects in the state.

CHIEF executives of Microfinance banks (MFBs) have projected that the performance of the subsector in 2018 will follow the trend of macroeconomic indices during the year.