The African Development Bank Group last Friday signed a $400,000 grant agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria to strengthen securities markets regulation and broaden market instruments.
“The grant will enhance the capacity of the SEC in risk-based supervision framework for the financial and securities market, strengthen operational readiness in the areas of risk-based publishing, derivatives and green bonds trading market. Also speaking, the Director-General, SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda said SEC was focused on capacity development as a catalyst to drive the actualisation of the 10-Year Capital Market Masterplan 2015 – 2025.