Cash woes: FG after dormant accounts, unclaimed dividends
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…Bankers surprised, unaware
“From the commencement of this Act, any unclaimed dividend of a public limited liability company quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and any unutilised amounts in a dormant bank account maintained in or by a deposit money bank which has remained unclaimed or unutilised for a period of not less than six years from the date of declaring the dividend or domiciling the funds in a bank account shall be transferred immediately to the Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund.”
—FINANCE ACT 2020, SECTION 77, 1-3
By Babajide Komolafe, Nkiru Nnorom, Rosemary Onuoha & Elizabeth Adegbesan