Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has called on Nigerian banks to channel more credit to young innovators and small businesses, saying the era of concentrating lending on big corporates must give way to inclusive, innovation-driven financing.
Mr Edun said this while speaking at the 2025 Fellowship Investiture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria CIBN in Lagos, where he reaffirmed the Federal Governments commitment to sustaining ongoing reforms and expanding access to finance as key drivers of economic growth beyond four per cent.