The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said the Federal Government has slashed its budget by 50 per cent, lamenting that the development has seriously affected its capabilities to fund some financial system initiatives.
Its Director of the Financial System Stability (FSS 2020), Mr Mohammed Suleiman who spoke when members of the FSS 2020 visited the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) in Abuja, lamented that funding has been a major issue.
He said: “The FSS 2020 programme since its inception has always been bankrolled single handedly by the CBN; the CBN is beginning to weary a little bit because the current budget this year was reduced by 50 per cent and that is majorly affecting some of our capabilities to implement some of these strategic objectives.”
Suleiman lamented that 50 per cent of the budget cut is no small measure at all. “We need to agree on the funding approach, we need to have a rethink and get the support of all implementing institutions.
The FSS2020 is not a CBN project it is a financial system project, all financial system players have to take ownership of the project and be willing to support it,” he said.
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