Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Thu, 14 May 2009 14:40:06 GMT

The period 1892 - 1952, there was an enquiry by the then colonial administration to investigate banking practice in Nigeria. The G. D. Paton Report which emanated from the enquiry was the basis for the first Banking Ordinance of 1952. The ordinance was designed to ensure orderly commercial banking and to prevent the establishment of unviable banks. A draft legislation for the establishment of Central Bank of Nigeria was presented to the House of Representatives in March, 1958. The Act was fully implemented on 1 July, 1959 when the Central Bank of Nigeria came into full operations.The Central Bank Act, 1958 (as amended) and the Banking Decree 1969 (as amended) constituted the legal framework within which the CBN operates and regulates banks. The wide range of economic liberalization and deregulation measures following the adoption, in 1986, of a Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) resulted in the emergence of more banks and other financial intermediaries. The Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BOFI) Decrees 24 and 25 of 1991, which repealed the Banking Decree 1969 and all its amendments, were, therefore, enacted to strengthen and extend the powers of CBN to cover the new institutions in order to enhance the effectiveness of monetary policy, regulation and supervision of banks as well as non-banking financial institutions.

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)

Thu, 14 May 2009 14:40:49 GMT

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has its origin in the report of a committee set up in 1983 by the Board of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to examine the operations of the banking system in Nigeria. The Committee in its Report recommended the establishment of a Depositors Protection Fund. Consequently, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation was established through the promulgation of Decree No. 22 of 15 th June 1988. This was part of the economic reform measures taken by the then government, to strengthen the safety net for the banking sector following its liberalization policy and the introduction of the 1986 Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) in Nigeria.
The phenomenal increase in the number of banks from 40 in 1986 to 120 in 1992 led to:
Increased Competition amongst banks leading to sharp practices, People of questionable integrity becoming bank owners and managers, Inadequate Manpower, The coming together of strange bedfellows due to the licensing requirement that banks maintain adequate geographical spread.
All these led to serious breakdown in Corporate Governance and Boardroom squabbles. The unpredictable policy environment, downturn in the economy and political upheavals at the time, also exacerbated the difficult situation the Corporation found itself in. The banking industry was therefore, already in distress by the time the Corporation commenced operations in March 1989. NDIC operated under a difficult terrain at the time and was immediately saddled with the management of distress in the banking industry, to avert the impending systemic crises and its resultant consequences.

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Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

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