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CBN’s 5-year plan: Chasing shadows with a charmed audience (2)

CBN’s 5-year plan: Chasing shadows with a charmed audience (2)

THE discourse, this week, relates to the implications of the CBN Governor’s plan for banks “to increase their capital base above the present N25bn”, which incidentally, was equivalent, to $195m (N127-N130=$1) in 2004, but has become seriously eroded to barely $75m today! Notwithstanding, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele did not reveal how the inexplicably, battered Naira Exchange Rate, which is actually, the prime cause of the sliding value of the capital base of Nigerian banks will be rescued.
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Credit to economy falls by N720bn in May

Credit to economy falls by N720bn in May

Credit to the economy fell by N720 billion to N32.9 trillion in May reflecting the rationale behind the recent directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that banks should give out 60 percent of their deposits as loans.

CBN mandates banks to lend 60% of deposits

CBN mandates banks to lend 60% of deposits

In a bid to boost economic growth, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, mandated Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, to give out minimum of 60 percent of their deposits as loans with effect from September 2019.