Assessing Nigerian banks’ non-performing loans
08 June 2019 |
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Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics says non-performing loans in Nigeria’s banking sector was at 10.83 per cent in the first quarter of the year. Muyiwa Oni, Regional Head of Equity Research at Standard Bank Group joins CNBC Africa for more.
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