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…Appoints NDIC Liquidator Of 21 Mortgage Banks
The Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) has issued a notice of revocation of operating licences of 21 Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs) as well as one microfinance bank via its gazette dated November 14 and 19, 2014.
A statement by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Managing Director, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim said, CBN has appointed NDIC the provisional liquidator to wind up affairs of the closed financial institutions.
To actualise its statutory powers the NDIC has issued a public notice announcing the closure of the financial institutions, stressing that it has commenced the process of orderly winding up of the affairs of the affected PMBS/MFB.
The NDIC said it would soon be making an announcement/publication to the verification and as payment of insured deposits, stressing that stakeholders can contact the NDIC’s Director, Claim Resolution Department or any of its zonal offices for necessary information and assistance.
The NDIC boss said available records showed that the PMBs portfolio at risk averaged 45.70 percent which is more than the prescribed five percent threshold.
He said the corporation’s attention is now being focused on the PMB sub-sector so as to address the emerging challenges especially in Credit Underwriting Standards.
Ibrahim said PMBs in the country can create significant impact if only they adhere to recommended corporate governance practices based on effective and sustainable risk management practices as instituted by the Regulatory Authorities.
He said PMBs should be interested in enhancing their Credit Underwriting Standards due to the fact that their loan portfolios are on a variable rate and therefore sensitive to Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) fluctuation.
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Adegboyega Oyetola, said finance is the “lever that will attract long-term and progressive capital critical” and determine whether the ministry’s goals take off.
“Resources we currently receive from the national budget are grossly inadequate compared to the enormous responsibility before the ministry and sector,” he warned.
He described public funding not as charity but as “seed capital” that would unlock private investment adding that without it, Nigeria risks falling behind its neighbours while billions of naira continue to leak abroad through freight payments on foreign vessels.
He said “We have N24.6 trillion in pension assets, with 5 percent set aside for sustainability, including blue and green bonds,” he told stakeholders. “Each time green bonds have been issued, they have been oversubscribed. The money is there. The question is, how do you then get this money?”
The NGX reckons that once incorporated into the national budget, the Debt Management Office could issue the bonds, attracting both domestic pension funds and international investors.
Yet even as officials push for creative financing, Oloruntola stressed that the first step remains legislative.
“Even the most innovative financial tools and private investments require a solid public funding base to thrive.
It would be noted that with government funding inadequate, the ministry and capital market operators see bonds as alternative financing.
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