CPPE seeks development finance overhaul to bridge N50trn real sector funding gap

By Yinka Kolawole
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s development finance architecture to address an estimated N50 trillion financing gap constraining the country’s productive sectors.
In a policy brief issued on Sunday, the Chief Executive Officer of CPPE, Dr. Muda Yusuf, said inadequate access to affordable, long-term finance remains one of the biggest obstacles to growth in manufacturing, agriculture, agribusiness, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and export-oriented businesses.
According to him, the financing gap reflects deep structural market failures rather than a shortage of liquidit...