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CBN to sack bank directors with non-performing loans

A new Code of Corporate Governance approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stipulated that bank directors with non-performing loans (NPLs) are to either quit or be sacked.

This was made known during the weekend by the Director, Bank Examination Department at the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Adedapo Adeleke.

He described corporate governance as an essential pillar in financial system stability.

He said: “Banks’ assets have depreciated in the last three years, with provisions for NPLs hitting N856.9 billion, due to the drop in crude oil prices. A large part of these bad loans is owed by bank directors and are in most cases unsecured.

“Besides, the economic recession showed that the financial industry still harbours weaknesses in governance, as seen in insider non-performing loans, unreported losses, huge exit packages for directors, over-domineering executive management, contravention of regulatory/prudential guidelines and lending limits, poorly appraised credits and weakening of shareholders’ funds, among others.

“That section says: ‘If you are having non-performing loans, you will be removed. It is already being enforced except that the regulators are not being dramatic in publishing the names of affected directors,’” Adeleke said.

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He added that delay or non-payment of workers’ salaries by government and private companies is worsening the level of non-performing loans in the industry.

Adeleke further lamented the rate of non-performing loans saying, “NPLs are in excess of 20 per cent as against the five per cent regulatory threshold.”

“If people working in companies that are troubled borrowed from banks, it is important that the loans be provided for when their employers can no longer pay salaries,” he said.

He, however, expressed confidence that the current rise in crude oil prices will impact positively on the banking industry and businesses and help reduce the rising cases of bad loans in the industry.

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