In order to deepen the capital market and ensure financial stability in the country, there is the need to introduce asset-backed financing on a large scale, the Managing Partner, Perchstone and Graeys, Mr. Osaro Eghobamien, has said. According to him, the introduction of asset-backed financing and, consequently, as asset-backed bonds, […]
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FG to invest $2.9tn in infrastructure stock
The Federal Government has said it will invest $2.9tn in its infrastructure stock as part of plans to address the infrastructure deficit in the country. The Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, said this in Lagos on Monday at an infrastructure roundtable organised by the Securities and Exchange […]
CBN guarantees N25bn agric loans through NIRSAL
The Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, introduced July last year, has guaranteed N25bn of agricultural loans, latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria has shown. This has effectively lifted lending to the sector to four per cent of banks’ total loans, from the average of 1.5 […]
