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Oluchi Chibuzor
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and financial sector experts have called for collaborative efforts among microfinance banks (MFBs) in order to promote micro-insurance as a tool for deepening financial inclusion.
Making this call in Lagos, at the 6th annual symposium of the Nigerian Microfinance Platform (NMP) organised by the Microfinance Learning and Development Center (MLDC), with the theme, ‘Expanding The Frontiers of Financial Inclusion: The Microinsurance Option,’ the experts averred that microfinance banks are instrumental to the expansion of microinsurance services among the populace.
Addressing participants at the symposium, Deputy Governor, Financial Sector Surveillance, CBN, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad, said there was need for a collective strategy to re-emphasise the importance of micro-insurance as a financial service and re-align it as a vital tool in attaining a higher level of financial inclusion within the Nigerian Microfinance Sub-sector through the sec