SLIDE 6 MFBs in Nigeria: Diagnostics
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Reasons for Past Failures
- Lack of adequate skills set
by operators for effective service delivery;
governance and management structure, inefficient internal controls and poor credit administration;
base leading to insufficient loanable funds. Implication of New Licensing Requirement
- Unit MFBs: Exposed to risk
factors associated with its single location; Need for integration with other MFBs
- r Commercial Banks;
- State MFBs: Wider coverage
and attendant opportunities across a State, although exposed to state-specific policies and risk factors;
restrictions on operating network and business model across the entire country. However increased cost and capital requirement Opportunities/ Gaps in Micro financing
- Available statistics reveal that
- ver 80 million Nigerians
(about 65% of the active population) do not have access to formal financial institutions;
- Microfinance Solutions are
required to address the gap in terms of savings, credit and
- ther associated financial
services;
- Micro funding is expected to
increase employment
household income and create wealth.