It was reported that the 220 influential Nigerians are in the first batch of delinquent debtors that AMCON will publish in newspapers any moment from now following a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
AMCON was established in the wake of Nigeria’s 2009 banking crisis to take over bad loans from the books of deposit money banks, in order to save the financial system from collapse due to high toxic assets in the banks.
According to the reporters, the highest debtor on the AMCON list about to be released, owes N160bn, while the least debtor has a N680m unfulfilled obligation. The debts were purchased from the banks between 2010 and 2011 and AMCON has since made several efforts to recover the debts taken over from the banks but without much result.
Managing director of AMCON, Mr Ahmed Kuru, has vowed that the agency would do everything possible to recover the debts. He had stated earlier in the week that the corporation would publish the list of debtors who refused to negotiate with it with concerning repaying the debts.
The former managing director, AMCON, Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi, had last year said the agency would pay N1.6tn as interest on the N4tn used to purchase the bad loans that led to the collapse of some banks in the country.
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Posted: at 5-02-2016 10:51 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
concentrate at 5-02-2016 11:07 AM (8 years ago) (m)
pls publish it immediately let us know the thieves parading themselves as rich men.
Posted: at 5-02-2016 11:07 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac