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The Nigerian Government plans to privatize the Abuja Securities and Commodities Exchange by mid-2014, according to Arunma Oteh, Director General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange is looking for external advisers to drive its demutualization process.
The Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria is considering setting up an Investor Protection Trust Fund. This comes after news that no-one has claimed from a reported N500 million fund for investor protection at the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Nigerian regulator, the Securities & Exchange Commission, is travelling the country to build education and awareness. SEC Director General Arunma Oteh, SEC Commissioners and senior officials visited Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, for 4 days of meetings with stakeholder groups.