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PRELIMINARY PAGES
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE REVIEW
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
DATA ANALYSIS, RESULT AND DISCUSSION
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A - “QUESTIONNAIRE”
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Financial deregulation is a programme of changes in the direction towards a free market economy. The study was carried out to examine The Impact of Financial Deregulation in the Banking Sector of Nigeria. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to critically identify and analyze the impact of government deregulation of the economy on banking sector, with the aim of making useful recommendations on how to improve commercial banks performance and other banks in Nigeria. Investigation revealed that the reluctant competition between banks as a result of deregulatory policy and the possibility of bank failure which prompted the Federal Government to establish the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The research design used in this report is descriptive design, utilizing questionnaire method to obtain information from the respondents for this project. Primary data were collected from the primary source which questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection while secondary data were sources from textbooks, journals, newspapers and the internet were employed. The data were presented on a frequency distribution table and analyzed using simple percentage, while hypothesis was tested using chi-square test.
The research based on observation methodology, shows that deregulation policy cuts short the hindrance of funding to the public, both the rich and poor, so as borrowing does not cost excessively. In conclusion, financial deregulation plays a vital role in the banking sector of the economy and in the national growth. Based on the findings, it was recommended that economic deregulation policies should be continued and well implemented by the various government authorities concerned. Also, banking sector regulatory authorities should ensure that good corporate governance and the best of banking practices are obtainable in the nation’s banking industry.
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Financial deregulation is a programme of changes in the direction or moving towards a free market economy. This normally includes the reduction of direct controls on both internal and international transactions and a shift towards relying on the price mechanism to coordinate economic activities. Deregulation is a matter of degree, and does not imply a shift to total laissez-faire. Regulations which have been relaxed include controls on interest rates at which banks can lend or borrow, controls on operations by banks outside their country of registration and restrictions on the types of business particular financial institutions can transact, direct credit abolition and exchange rate deregulation (Timothy, et al, 2012).
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research questions, Limitation of the study and Definition of technical terms.
Nigeria economy had a lot of structural distortion in 1980's, the economic policies prior to 1985, made the Nation's economy vulnerable to external stocks. Consequently, the 1986 budget sought to de-emphasized controls and adopted policy measures arrived at expanding the economy resource. To attain this goal, the 1986 budget at a tone, introduced the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) which was launched in July 1986, in Nigeria. Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) is a programme imposed on developing countries, especially on economic policy regions, by the Bretton Woods Institutions (i.e. the World Bank and International Monetary Fund). This is to improve a country's foreign investment by removing trade and investment regulations (i.e. deregulations). The deregulation policy is also an encouragement to efficient operation of the money market.
Subsequently, structural adjustment programme (SAP) was introduced, mainly due to the persistent and destabilizing economic crises that followed. Some macroeconomic indicators explain the pressure the country was passing through then- balance of payment problem, debt service burden, rising unemployment and foreign exchange crises etc. It will be recalled that the financial sector applied diverse monetary control instrument to manage the economy.
The banking institutions are crucial to any government, and play key role in the development of the economy (Todaro and Smith, 2011). The effectiveness and efficiency of performing these roles depends largely on its development and management, thus the need for reforms. Almost two decades after independence in 1960, Nigeria enjoyed fairly a stable economic growth to the extent that it was an era referred to as oil-boom.
At the end, it appears that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and others banks were not coordinating their activities in the overall interest of the economy. The existing structures were ineffective making the demand for reform (deregulation) imperative.
The deregulation policy was designed to:
The banking industry which is a major instrument which government execute their policies need to appropriately reposition itself to take full advantages of the gains that might arise from deregulation, as well as face the challenges. Deregulation of the economy will definitely pose some challenges to the banking industry: Competitive lending rates, effectiveness of management of credit/credit risk, etc.
Therefore, in Nigeria where the research was carried out, the activities that was conducted is to know the Impact of Financial Deregulation in the Banking Sector.
Investigation revealed that due to the undeveloped nature of Nigeria banking system, it is sometimes said that banks have not met the standard expected from them, especially in the introduction of deregulatory policy. There are many problems which the banking industry is no exception. They are as follows:
These problems threaten the financial performance of the banks in Nigeria due to the information of deregulation in the economy.
The aim of the study is to examine the Impact of Financial Deregulation in the Banking Sector of Nigeria. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows:
The study came up with research questions so as to be able to ascertain the above stated objectives. The specific research questions for the study are stated below as follows:
The findings of this research will be of immense benefit to other researchers who intend to know more on this study and can also be used by non-researchers to build more on their research work. Also, the entire public will hopefully benefit from this study since it will form the basis for other research work.
The scope of the research is focused on the Impact of Financial Deregulation in the Banking Sector of Nigeria.
During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:
The methodology applied in this research project includes Oral interviews with top-bank official (using random sampling). Questionnaire will also be administered to staff, mostly operational departments and few members of the management board.
Banking: Banking is an industry that handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions.
Impact: Impact is the action of one coming forcibly into contact with another.
Sector: A sector is an area of land, sea, or organization that has been divided from other areas. It is also an area or portion that is district from others.
This chapter focuses on the review of related literature. A literature review includes the current knowledge as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. It documents the state of the art with respect to the topic you are writing. It surveys the literature in the topic selected. In this research work the literature review includes the …