Irked by the growing rate of fraudulent activities resulting in loss of huge money by unsuspecting customers in the country, the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has advised Nigerians to always save money in licensed banks.
Managing Director of the NIDC, Bello Hassan, gave the advice while speaking at the NDIC Day at the ongoing 33rd edition of the Enugu International Trade Fair on Friday.
Hassan stated that NIDC would always protect depositors funds, urging Nigerians to report all cases of dubious activities by banks to both the NDIC and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Represented by the Deputy Director and Zonal Controller, Enugu Office, Mrs Stella Henshaw, he stated that the bank provides deposit insurance coverage to depositors of deposit money banks, microfinance banks, primary Mortgage banks, non-Interest banks, Mobile money operators subscribers and newly licensed Payment Service Banks (PSBs) since it’s inception.
“As at December 2022, the Corporation has paid a total of N119.101bn as insured sums to 535,815 depositors, creditors and shareholders of closed banks while a total of N101.117bn had been paid as uninsured sums”, he added.
According to him, the Corporation had declared full payment of insured and uninsured sums to depositors of eighteen (18) banks in-liquidation
The implication of the development he explained was that the Corporation has realized liquidation dividends to pay all depositors of banks who present themselves for payment.
Earlier, President of Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture ( ECCIMA) Jasper Nduagwuike had commended the corporation for “splendidly discharging it’s duties that one can only wish that other regulatory agencies will emulate the ways and means they execute their commission”.
He stated that it was worthy of note that for so long, Nigerians have forgotten what bank failure feels like and urged the bank to ensure it does not allow anything to take the country back to the past.
