THE PROBLEMS OF BANKINGS HABITS OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT
This research work is intended to do analysis of rural banking habits f the rural communities of the Nigeria and to analyze the various problems militating against the successful implementation of the rural banking awareness from the central bank annual report and statement of account 1999. Survey conducted it was revealed that the country is under banked. In this work, some plausible recommendations that will assist the monetary authorities in fashionry out practicable and attractive incentives for the banking ensuring the achievement of the objectives of the programmed will be made. The third chapter of this shows the research design and methodology. The chapter four of this talks about the summary of findings of this topics. Finally, chapter five comprises of conclusion and recommendation of this topic and the bibliography. I hope that this project will be of benefit to the problems of banking habits of the rural communities in Nigeria.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Introduction
CHAPTER TWO
Reference
CHAPTER THREE
Reference
CHAPTER FOUR
Reference.
CHAPTER FIVE
Reference
Bibliography.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION:
Since July 1997 which marked the official beginning of the rural banking programme for commercial banks, the economy of Nigeria has gone, through several changes each government continued policies it considered relevant banks have in recent times been confronted with challenges and they have called for introduction of one reform or directives so as to put it with our present economic realities. This role is about what should be the proper function of banks in the transformation of Nigeria alien economy. It is n this regard that the rural banking programe of commercial banks came as measure that will ensure effective grass root mobilization this resulted in settling up the Okigbo financial system review committee in 1976. This most important recommendations of the committee excepted by government include:
The most striking of these recommendation was on the view
that rural banking programme of commercial bank should be established and that banks should allocate specific loan port-folio to their rural bank customers.
The rural banking programme of commercial bank was introduced with objectives and incentives.
To ensure its smooth take off some incentive were outlined to innovated banks. The incentives are:
Infacts, as at 1989 monetary policy guideline the rural banks
were recruited to grant a minimum of 45% deposited taken from rural centres as loan to such centres. The first community was established in 1989 by Ibrahim Babangida.
1.3 THE STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS.
The essence of this study is to identify such key variable both endogenous and exogenous that affects that effective development of banking habit in Nigeria. The basic problem is inadequacy of infrastructural facilities in the rural communities.
Savings and investment moves in the same direction current investment is a function of accumulated savings rather, the death or our low level of economic activities have drastically reduced the propensity to save. The poor rural farmer considers satisfaction of the basic biological (needs as important priority). This low level of income has reduced the deposits available to the rural banks and subsequent liberation of credit to genuine small-scale farmers.
The competitive rule of the non-institutional credit scheme –
local money lenders have continued to attract many farmers. The rural dwellers feel highly dissatisfied with the performance of the banks in terms of giving loans. Thus, they resorted to patronizing these grasping money lender. To challenge the activities of these local money lenders, banks have to develop appropriate strategies so to enhance the banking habits of the rural dwellers.
Banking in rural communities is facing the problem of skilled and courageous personnel. Infact, banking in Nigeria is fastly becoming dynamic and competitive. The banking need to have a change of orientation towards their rural customers to survive highly sophistical financial environment, bank should aim at understanding like needs (buying habits) or their customers.
Management should develop a philosophy of marketing concepts as to make its operation customer oriented. The attitude of staff will pay a great role in enhancing the banking habits of the rural people only if they adopt a new approach in tackling the problem of the rural customers.
It is an obvious fact that rural communities illiteracy rate is considerably high. There is a lack of practical knowledgement of modern in our banks. The rural dwellers are not well enlightened as to the usefulness of banking as obtained in advanced perpetuation of the under developed state of the rural areas that make up Nigeria.
Incessant quarreling amongst communities have creasingly contributed in polarizing the sitting of these banks. The problem of location has caused many rich customers to be disenchanted and this decided to changed to other banks of their choice. To ensure the realization of developing rural banking habits, location of any bank should give preference to economic variable like lavational convenience before political consideration.
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
This stated the purpose of this is to
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
To the government and the central bank the study will furnish their with useful recommendations on how best to improve on the community banking schemes, so as to effectively enhance the banking habits of the rural communities.
Today’s environment is highly sophisticated and more conductive for efficient financial intermediation opinions however differs with regards to survival potentials of some of the new banks to cope with the relatively poor liquidity syndrome in our rural areas. The study will be an invaluable too towards their survivals as recommendation will offered on the best strategies to adopt for the dynamic and competitive financial market of the Nigeria Economy visa-viz the rural economy.
The study is specifically confined the evaluation of banking
habits in Nigeria. It is concerned with the problems that instigates the effective enhancement of banking habits in Nigeria or rural communities. The study will not cover the broader spectrum of rural communities since the Nigeria government has some characteristics existing in Nigeria. The bank study is union bank and community bank.
In this section, the concepts which forms the cover of the
study are exhaustively explained. This will help in guiding the thoughts and appreciation of the world wide evidence of the relevance of developing an effective banking habits in the rural community has been defined as or by the United Nations as a place with a population of less than 100,000 person and characterized by a highly integrate social interpersonal relations and work habits. In Nigeria, the rural community is defined as consisting of all economic activities outside the urban economy with consisting of all economic activities outside the urban economy with Agricultures as the predominant activity. In Nigeria, to guide commercial of the banks in the choice of rural communities for effective development of the rural bank programme to central bank of Nigeria arbitanly designed rural communities as:
COMMUNITIES BANKING:
Financing institution mobilized savings from the surplus units to finance the investment proposals of the deficit units therefore, occupy a unique positions for facilitating and accelerating the pace of economic growth and development. Their universally recognized function informed the rapidly with which banks are deliberately encouraged established and regulate to ensure stable and safe banking environment world-wide. As a result different type of banks, therefore concentrated institution owned by a commodity for the purpose of providing credit deposit.
BANKING HABITS: One of the objectives of the programmed is the cultivation of banking habits amongst rural dwellers. The banking habit refers to the practice of utilize banking effectively. According to J. Orjih. Banking habits it is the extent of willingness of the people in a given economy to make use of the facilities and sense of banking.
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Orjih .J. (1996) Elements of Banking Nigeria Rock.
Uzoh aga .O.W. (2000). Monetary and Banking in Nigeria
Enugu. Forth Dimension Publishing company.
Nwankwo G.O (2002) The Nigeria Financial System.
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