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In Paradigm Shift, Women Take Over Banking Sector

By Obinna Chima The banking industry has made a dramatic leap in its Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles (NSBP) with the recent appointments of two females as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). The coming on board of the CEOs, Mrs. Miriam Olusanya for Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) and Mrs. Yemisi Edun for First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, marks an important paradigm shift in the approach to decision-making and management with regard to gender at the highest levels of the Nigerian banking industry. The NSBP states that as part of a wider sustainable banking commitment, the industry should work towards 40 per cent female representation at top management and boards levels.

Why Nigeria s revenue can t support debt service – Experts

Concerned over this, some experts and analysts in the financial sector doubt if the current borrowing model to support budget deficits is sustainable in the long run. According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), as of March 2021, Nigeria’s public debt stock is N33.107tr or $87.230bn. This approved $6.18bn borrowing could shoot the figure to about $93.413bn or N35.510tr. The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had, during the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in June, expressed concern that African countries growth prospects were further compromised by debt burden.

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