CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In 2001 Nigeria in the quest to offset debt crises of economic problem mapped out specialized banks primarily set to entrance investment in agriculture and finance macro and micro credit especially within the rural communities. Such banks are Nigerian agricultural co-operative and rural bank development banks, industrial bank, and mortgage banks. They grant loans to small holders and large investment holders. These banks were designed as an avenue to get in contact with numerous farmers and business investors at the grass roots level. Nigerian agricultural co-operative and rural development bank is aimed at financing basically agricultural co-operative and other co-operative societies in the small scale business.
The research for the recovery of loans from clients include: lack of trained and experienced personnel in agricultural financing and loan administration on most of the commercial and merchant banks default in loan repayment resulting from poor project appraisal or management as well as outright unwillingness to repay by some borrowers, also problem related to settlement of loans is caused by the bank to file claims in accordance with procedure and passion stipulated by the banks, improper loan disbursement and poor supervision. Another problem could be caused by delay in approval due to low capital base on the banks as a result of inflation in the economic. This delay may lead to misappropriation of funds which might eventually lead to losses.
The observed trend is that Nigerian Agricultural Co-operative and Rural Development Banks and other financial institutions are experiencing a high level of loan losses each year due to the shortcomings indicated earlier. This is the obtaining at an insight into the problem of loan recovery and offering adequate and requisite suggestion.
This is the main reason why analysis of the loan default in Nigeria agriculture Co-operative and rural development banks with the view of obtaining an insight in to the problem of loan recovery and offering adequate and requisite suggestion.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
Special banks have been set up in the country to advance loan and credit for development purpose. Incidentally these banks have always find it difficult in recovering the advanced loans especially Bank of agriculture which is the focal point of study. In problem of credit recovery by these banks, it can be seen to range from lack of collateral. Commitment, lack of trained and experienced personnel in agricultural financing and loan administration, to the default in loan repayment negotiation, poor project appraisal or poor project management, as well as simple uncollingness of the borrower to repay borrowed money, equally seen as a problem towards loan recovery is whether the bank supervised the loan given to the borrowers, the inadequacy of the funds guaranteed in an inflating economic as well as low capital base ion the funds and finally difficulties associated with the deregulation of the financial market and distress of the banking industries in “go” which reduced the interest to participate in Bank of agriculture operations, against these established shortcomings, the work will methodically study these areas of shortcoming and suggest the solutions to the problem, for future guide against credit and loan defaults by Bank of agriculture to the prospective customers.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.