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37m Nigerians commercially active but can’t access loans – Official

The Eagle Online by The Eagle Online
January 25, 2019
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Toyin Adeniji, Executive Director, Micro Enterprise, Bank of Industry, has said that 37 million Nigerians are commercially active but have never had the opportunity to access loans.
Adeniji made the fact known in Abuja on Friday when she briefed newsmen on Federal Government empowerment programmes under the supervision of BOI.
She said that the commercially active people, who were at the base of the pyramid, included traders, artisans, farmers, petty traders, among others.
She said data from National Bureau of Statistics and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria report revealed the situation.
According to her, the group constitutes the highest per cent of the country’s workforce.
She said: “According to the report, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises employ 84 per cent of labour force, contribute 50 per cent to our Gross Domestic Product and some also contribute seven per cent of our total exports as a country.
“However, despite their contributions to national development, these businesses often do not have access to the capital they need to grow.
“Of all the bank loans given in the last five years in Nigeria, less than one per cent has gone to this segment.
“These are understandably so because these groups, while extremely hardworking, have little or no financial track record.
“They have no collateral and some barely have formal identities.”
Adeniji said that the Federal Government in 2016 introduced Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme to support and encourage the people to continue with their contributions to economic development.
She said that GEEP was developed for the over 37 million Nigerians at the base of the pyramid.
She said: “GEEP is a microcredit scheme and therefore, the more commercial of the social interventions of the Federal Government.”
According to her, many Nigerians at the base of the pyramid such as  traders, farmers, tricycle riders and artisans, have benefited from GEEP loans.
The director added that the conditions for accessing loans were not as stringent as those of the commercial banks.
She added: “The conditions include possession of a Bank Verification Number and a membership of a certified market association or cooperative society among others.”

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