Tag: Director General

SEC inaugurates committees to boost capital market activities

The Securities and Exchange Commission has inaugurated three committees to implement its 10-year master plan, which is meant to boost activities in the Nigerian capital market. The committees, which were inaugurated on Monday, are to produce a blueprint to grow the capital market over a 10-year period. Speaking at the […]

NSE now affiliate member of IOSCO

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has become an affiliate member of the International Organisation for Securities Commissions. By this, the NSE is on the way to becoming a member of the World Federation of Exchanges. This was announced on Wednesday by the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunme Oteh, at […]

CBN has to force rates down – Analysts

The Central Bank of Nigeria may have to adopt a radical approach by forcing lending rates down in order to boost the real sector of Nigeria’s economy, analysts have said. According them, lending rates have to be lower than they are presently, preferably below double digits, to build the real […]