Nigeria: Central Bank to Restrict Banks' Access to Govt Securities

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce measures that will reduce deposits money banks' access to government secured treasury bills.

The MPC frowned at the banks' low appetite to invest in the productive sectors of the economy, prefering to lend to government.

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