CBN to publish names of Agric loan defaulters
Story from Sule TAHIR, Dutse
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that it would soon publish the names of loan defaulters under its Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme in the newspapers.
This is according to a document titled “Guidelines for the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme” recently released by the CBN.
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The CBN also warned that borrowers, who divert the funds provided under the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF), may earn a five-year jail term.
According to the CBN, the fund aims to provide a guarantee in respect of loans granted by lending banks for agricultural purposes under the scheme. In furtherance of the scheme, the bank will do what it must, to recover loans from defaulters.
“The fund if considered necessary will publish names of defaulters in the newspapers and report same to the Credit Information Bureau of Nigeria,” the bank stated.
The apex bank, however, cautioned that the agriculture loans must be used for purposes for which they are obtained, as a diversion would attract a five-year jail term.
“Banks should remind prospective borrowers under the scheme that it is an offence for which one may be imprisoned for five years to apply the loan for purposes other than those for which they are given,” the new guidelines instruct.
It further stated that the program intends to boost the level of bank credit to the agricultural sector.
“Loans under the amended act include advances, overdrafts and any credit facility and should be taken as such wherever it is used in these guidelines and other circulars.
“The purpose of the fund is to provide a guarantee in respect of loans granted by lending banks for agricultural purposes under the scheme with the aim of increasing the level of bank credit to the agricultural sector,” the guidelines said.
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