THE PROBLEM OF BANKING SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA
PREFACE
The system of Banking arose as a result of the development of paper money. In olden days when people were using system of exchange “Barter trade” where goods are exchanged for good. The British Gold smith formed the habit of keeping peoples valuables like gold and issue receipts, which were being stored by the Gold smith until later dates.
From these, the system of Banking started developing till it reached its stage now in the world.
In Nigeria, the first indigenous bank was National Bank of Nigeria (NBN) which started operation in 1933 which was after the establishment of Africa Banking Corporation (AB) in 1892. British Bank of West Africa (BBWA) was then established in 1893 and started operations in 1894.
Then this African continental Bank PLC (ACB) followed in 1947 before other bank started to exist.
The performance of banking industries in Nigeria cannot be over emphasized but it has contributed a lot in the development of Nigerian business.
Nigerian banks have not performed up to its expectation over the years of its establishment. The system has experienced a lot of short falls, which will be highlighted in this write-up.
Due to changing economy of the nation, banking system is expected to play a vital role in the Nigerian business economy.
The consumers of this project will understand the development of Nigeria banking system, the problem facing it, cause of the problems and also means of preventing future problem in the system.
PROPOSAL
Banking in Nigeria has gone through very changes within this decade. The industry has grown beyond optimistic expectation. Over the period, the number of banks expanded five fold, banking operations were substantially deregulated, competitions increased and banks were forced to be more innovative and service oriented.
Banking system is expected to offer effective and efficient services to its customers and the economy as a whole.
It is seen that a bank with limited problem will support and revitalize a respectable and dependable banking system.
Unfortunately, the uncontrolled rate of growth of the industry has produced undesirable side effects like increase in fraud and other form of banking malfeasance cash shortages while mismanagement, bankruptcy and illiguidity are found to cut across the whole banking system through the activities of board members.
These inspired me a lot to write on the project topic:
The problems of banking system in Nigeria
Chapter one serves as an introduction of the topic, which ex-rayed issues likes: Background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose or objective of the study, significance of the study and limitation of the study.
Chapter two is purely based on the review of related literature 1 used in the course of my study.
Chapter three dealt on research design and methodology, that is sources of my data secondly source only location of the data and method used in collecting data, literature work only.
Chapter four is purely based on the summary of my findings.
Chapter five is my recommendation and conclusion.
