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First Bank, FSDH Merchant Bank Reap $35Om ADB Loan

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Monday, June 27, 2016, in Abidjan, US $300-million and US 50-million Trade Finance Loans to First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and FSDH Merchant Bank Nigeria (FSDH), respectively.
The two facilities are part of the AfDB’s broader efforts to provide countercyclical support to the Nigerian economy at a time of falling commodity prices, which has caused shortages in foreign currency supply and led to unmet demand for trade finance instruments to support Nigeria’s on-going economic transitions. The facilities will support local enterprises involved in import-export activity.
The Project will help address critical market demand for trade finance and dollar liquidity by supporting vital economic sectors such as agri-business, chemicals, construction, engineering, food processing, manufacturing and non-traditional exports.
It will foster financial sector development, enhance regional integration, contributing to increased government revenue generation at a time when the Nigerian economy is facing fiscal pressures and foreign currency liquidity challenges.
It will enhance support to domestic enterprises whose businesses are being hamstrung by shortages in dollar funding. If fully utilised, counting rollovers, the interventions are expected facilitate about US $2.5 billion of export-import related activity in intermediate and finished goods, raw materials and equipment to support economic growth and tax generation over a 3.5-year period.
The facilities will contribute to the attainment of AfDB’s five operational priorities (the High 5s), namely: Light up and Power Africa, Feed Africa, Industrialise Africa, Integrate Africa and Improve the quality of life of the people of Africa.
The project also aligns with AfDB’s Ten Year Strategy, particularly the Bank’s Financial Sector Development Strategy, which seeks to increase access to financial services for the underserved, and broaden and deepen Africa’s financial systems.
It also aligns with the Bank’s Private Sector Strategy by contributing to the improvement of the investment and business climate in Nigeria with medium-term trade finance; promoting enterprise development through increased access to appropriate levels of trade finance for SMEs and local corporates.

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