CBN sets fresh targets for banks

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Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set state-by-state target for the 21 commercial banks and 942 Microfinance banks in the country to ensure that every Nigerian adult has access to financial services.

Mrs Elizabeth Agu, the CBN Branch Controller, Federal Capital Territory, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the Financial Inclusion State Steering Committee (FISSCO).

She said CBN had broken down the target state-by-state “to ensure that the masses and people at the grassroots have access to financial services such as payments, savings, credit, insurance and pension.”

She added that target for banks was set because the CBN planned to achieve 80 percent financial inclusion by 2020, yet two years to the deadline, the country had only achieved 41.6 percent.

She explained that “the cut-cutting and diverse nature of the targeted services require…



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