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CBN Cuts T-bill Rate Amid N3.63tn Demand Investors are increasingly positioning for longer-term returns in Nigeria’s fixed-income market, with the latest treasury bills auction showing an overwhelming preference for the one-year government security. At the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) primary market auction on Wednesday, investors submitted N3.63tn for the 364-day T-bill, representing 95.9 per cent of the N3.79tn total bids received across the three maturities. The demand came despite the CBN lowering the stop rate on the one-year instrument by 44 basis points to 17.15 per cent, from 17.59 per cent at the previous auction. The auction results point to a significant shift in investor appetite towards longer-dated government securities, even as demand for shorter-tenor instruments remained subdued. The CBN had offered N700bn across the three maturities, comprising N100bn each for the 91-day and 182-day bills and N500bn for the 364-day bill. However, total subscriptions reached approximately N3.79tn, more than five times the amount offered. The 364-day instrument was the clear outlier at the auction, receiving bids equivalent to 7.26 times the amount offered. The CBN ultimately allotted N638.19bn, exceeding the N500bn offer by N138.19bn. Despite the additional allotment, only about 17.6 per cent of total bids submitted for the instrument were accepted. Investors quoted yields between 16.00 per cent and 19.05 per cent, but the CBN settled at 17.15 per cent, suggesting that the level of demand allowed the regulator to reject more expensive bids. The development is significant because the CBN achieved a lower borrowing rate even after receiving exceptionally strong demand for the security. The contrast was stark at the shorter end of the curve. The 91-day bill attracted N103.32bn in subscriptions against N100bn offered. The CBN allotted N89.10bn at an unchanged stop rate of 16.30 per cent. The 182-day bill performed even more weakly, attracting only N52.93bn against N100bn on offer. The CBN allotted N35.59bn, while the stop rate remained at 16.50 per cent. Secondary-market yields for the three instruments stood above their respective auction stop rates, at 17.45 per cent for the 91-day bill, 17.05 per cent for the 182-day bill and 17.24 per cent for the 364-day bill. According to a financial sector analyst, Jimbe Asalor, the concentration of bids in the one-year instrument suggests investors may be placing greater value on locking in relatively attractive yields over a longer period rather than repeatedly rolling over shorter-term securities. He noted that the latest auction also demonstrates “the CBN’s ability to borrow more cheaply when demand is concentrated around a particular maturity.” He added that by accepting N638.19bn on the 364-day bill at 17.15 per cent, the CBN borrowed above its initial offer while simultaneously cutting the rate by 44 basis points. “The nine-basis-point difference between the auction stop rate and the 17.24 per cent secondary-market yield also indicates that the one-year segment is now trading relatively close to market expectations.” A Lagos-based consultant economist, Chukwunonso Iheoma, said if the preference for longer-dated treasury bills persists, the development could provide further support for a gradual decline in government borrowing costs while strengthening expectations of eventual interest-rate cuts.

 

TAJBank Limited has been ranked the biggest in the Non-Interest Banking (NIB) space, topping the sector in total assets and gross earnings value, an investment expert says.

Mr Olabode Akeredolu-Ale, an Investment expert, said this while presenting a paper on the ‘Roles of Non-Interest Banks In SMEs’ Financing’ for SME entrepreneurs in Abuja.
He said that TAJBank’s total assets had increased to N1.017 trillion in half-year 2025, sourced from the banking and capital market regulatory institutions’ platforms.
Akeredolu-Ale said the figure marked a substantial growth from N953.098 billion as at December 2024.
The expert said the growth had enabled the bank to surpass other non-interest banks, with assets N53 billion higher than its closest competitor.

According to him, TAJBank’s gross earnings for half year (H1) 2025 also surged to N53.75 billion from N32.86 billion as of December 2024

This, he said, represented a 64 per cent growth, and higher than the nearest NIB’s gross earnings in the period under review.

The chartered broker said that the bank’s earnings per share during the half year was N61.36 kobo earnings per share.

He said his findings were based on his recent investment researches on the NIBs and their financial performance sourced from the banking and capital market regulatory institutions’ platforms.

”The figures I am reeling out here on the NIBs are sourced from the banking and capital market regulatory institutions’ platforms, which anyone can access to verify.

”I am part of this event because of my research interest in non-interest banking and how the players in the subsector in Nigeria can help to leverage their competencies in innovation and ethical banking to support our MSMEs.

”Today, the MSMEs cannot access DMBs’ loans due to high lending rates and other macroeconomic factors. This is where I think the NIBs have become very crucial to Nigeria’s economic growth.

“Overall, my findings on the NIBs indicated that they are all trying their best with non-interest loans to support entrepreneurs, particularly the MSMEs owners,” he said.

He advised entrepreneurs to explore the cost-friendly financing options of the NIBs to grow their businesses.

Benjamin Chukwudi, another speaker at the event, commended the NIBs for their roles in helping Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to access interest-free loans and providing them with the needed financial management advisory.

This he said had helped SMEs to sustain their operations in the face of the rising cost of doing business in the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seminar was organised by Leaders Corporate Services Limited, set up to cater for the increasing demand for quality company secretarial services.

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