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Tuesday, December 11, 2018 7.00PM /
Ottoabasi Abasiekong, Proshare WebTV
The 2018 EFINA Access to Financial Services survey findings, released today in Lagos revealed that 36.8% of the adult population in the country, are financially excluded.
At an event attended by stakeholders in the financial services industry, regulators and other key players in the economy, the survey also showed that Nigeria has a chance to achieve the 20% exclusion rate target for adults by 2020.
This translates to a population of 36.6 million adult Nigerians who are excluded at the moment, with 44.1% male and 55.9% female.
It also disclosed that the country had a
total adult population of 99.6 million, with 39.8% as the banked population
which translates to 39.7 million.
The unbanked population is now 60.1 million with 71.3% of mobile phone users, that are adult among the excluded.
From the analysis 63.3% of the population are financially served with 38.7% in the banked category(39.5 million).
It also showed that about 3 million
Nigerians have financial services provided by Micro-finance banks.
The 2018 Access to Financial Services survey had the following takeaways;
The survey highlighted the following as recommendations for financial inclusion in Nigeria;
A major trend of the survey was the fact that Nigeria recorded a 4.8% increase in the financially inclusion from the 2016 survey.
Chairman of the Board of EFINA Nigeria Mr Segun Akerele said the survey revealed the resilience of ordinary Nigerians, despite a challenged economy.
The new CEO of EFINA Mr Esaie Diei assured stakeholders that the financial sector development organization, will work assiduously to drive the advocacy on financial inclusion in the country.
Mr Oluseyi Oladejo of IPSOS in his presentation shared that significant investments were made in technology, to enhance the data collection process, sample review mechanism and quality control to achieve a robust 2018 survey.
Representing the National Bureau of Statistics Mr Yemi Adeniran said “Based on the sample design for the 2018 EFINA survey, there is high confidence and reliability on the results from the report”.
On her part the former Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Sarah Alade in her keynote asserted that the survey will help stakeholders to come up with pragmatic solutions that will address the issues in financial inclusion.
Also speaking the Director-General of Nigeria Insurers Association Mrs Yetunde Ilori was of the view that the results of the survey will help the insurance industry, in the following areas;
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