REVIEW OF THE COLLATERAL REGISTRY ACT AND PROSPECTS FOR CREDIT ACCESS EXPANSION IN NIGERIA
A. Background Out of the estimated 37 million micro, small, and medium–sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, only 31% are able to access credit for their businesses from local financial institutions (commercial and micro finance banks). As at Q4 2015, loans to MSMEs accounted for a meagre 0.1% of total credit advanced by commercial banks. …