We Recovered N471.82bn Intervention Loans In Six Months – CBN   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it recovered N471.82bn as cumulative repayment from the bank’s intervention programmes in the first half of 2022. According to the apex bank’s half-year report for 2022, the recovery...

Reps Concur With Senate, Extend Limit On CBN Loans   The House of Representatives has approved an amendment to the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, raising the ceiling of Ways and Means advances from the apex bank from 5 to 15 per cent. The House gave the...

Only 24% Of CBN Anchor Borrowers’ Loans Repaid, Says IMF   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed that only 24 per cent of loans dirbursed under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria have been repaid. This disclosure was contained in the IMF’s...

CBN Approves N75.9bn Loan To Farmers In Two Months   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) disbursed N75.9 billion loan to farmers between November and December 2021, under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The fund was to support the cultivation of over 383,000 hectares of maize, rice...

Export Intervention Loans Now N44bn   The Central Bank of Nigeria’s intervention funds under its Export Facilitation Initiative rose to N44.58bn in October 2022. The bank disclosed this in statements released on its last Monetary Policy Committee meeting in 2022. “Under the Export Facilitation Initiative, the Bank provided...

Banks Borrowed N11.01trn From CBN In 2022   Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Merchant Banks borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) discount window known as the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) dropped to N11.01trillion in 2022, representing a decline of 15 per cent from N13.01...