Browsing by Author "Sikiru Abdullahi Safura"

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    Bank Specific Factors and Loan Repayments Culture of Credit Takers of Microfinance Banks in Kwara State
    (Bayero University Journal of Finance, 2024-06-30) Lukman Adebayo-Oke Abdulrauf; Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri; Ismail Jimoh; Sikiru Abdullahi Safura
    The loan repayment culture in instrumental to the sustainability and effectiveness of the microfinance banks but overtime, the microfinance banks in Nigeria have been recording high default rates and over-indebtedness from the loans disbursed to credit takers at various categories. Hence, this study investigates the effect of bank specific factors on the loan repayment culture of the credit takers of microfinance banks in Kwara State. Primary data was collected from the loan officers, account officers and marketers of the 33 microfinance banks in Kwara State as at 2023 and multi-stage sampling technique was utilized in selecting appropriate sample size of 160 staff of microfinance banks across all the 3 senatorial districts in Kwara State. OLS regression model was used to analyze the model and the study found that bank specific factors such as funding adequacy, interest rate, credit appraisal process and loan tenure do not impact on the repayment culture of the credit takers of microfinance banks in Kwara State. However, the distance to MFBs appears to be significant indicating the credit takers feel less committed to the repayment of loan due to the distance of the MFBs. This study recommends that microfinance banks should ensure proximity to the credit takers for effective monitoring and loan utilization.
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    Bank Specific Factors and Loan Repayments Culture of Credit Takers of Microfinance Banks in Kwara State
    (Bayero University Journal of Finance, 2024) Lukman Adebayo-Oke Abdulrauf; Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri; Ismail Jimoh; Sikiru Abdullahi Safura
    The loan repayment culture in instrumental to the sustainability and effectiveness of the microfinance banks but overtime, the microfinance banks in Nigeria have been recording high default rates and over-indebtedness from the loans disbursed to credit takers at various categories. Hence, this study investigates the effect of bank specific factors on the loan repayment culture of the credit takers of microfinance banks in Kwara State. Primary data was collected from the loan officers, account officers and marketers of the 33 microfinance banks in Kwara State as at 2023 and multi-stage sampling technique was utilized in selecting appropriate sample size of 160 staff of microfinance banks across all the 3 senatorial districts in Kwara State. OLS regression model was used to analyze the model and the study found that bank specific factors such as funding adequacy, interest rate, credit appraisal process and loan tenure do not impact on the repayment culture of the credit takers of microfinance banks in Kwara State. However, the distance to MFBs appears to be significant indicating the credit takers feel less committed to the repayment of loan due to the distance of the MFBs. This study recommends that microfinance banks should ensure proximity to the credit takers for effective monitoring and loan utilization.
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    Formal Financing, Country Risks and Livestock Output in Nigeria
    (Bayero Journal of Management Sciences, 2024) Lukman Adebayo-Oke Abdulrauf; Sheriff Akanji Ibrahim; Sikiru Abdullahi Safura; Ismail Jimoh
    Livestock, which accounts for 30% of employment among Nigeria's rural population, is essential to the country's local economy and efforts to reduce poverty. The growth of the livestock sub sector is hindered, nevertheless, by a range of concerns, such as political, economic, and financial uncertainty, as well as insufficient government budget allocation. In light of this, the purpose of this study is to examine how formal funding and national hazards affect Nigeria's livestock production. Secondary data for the years 1995–2021 were gathered from the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Using E-view 9, the study used both descriptive and inferential statistics. Before and after the given model was estimated using Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL), a variety of diagnostic tests were performed. The agricultural guarantee credit scheme funds (AGC) are statistically significant at the 5% level of significance, according to the short term ARDL model. Other variables, such as commercial bank credits (CBC), budgetary allocation to agriculture (BAA), and exchange rate control variable (EXR), are not statistically significant in the short run. The control variable of prime lending rate (PLR, 0.0653) is statistically significant at 5% level of significance. Among other things, the study suggests that banks create customized credit solutions that address the particular requirements of cattle farmers, offer flexible periods for repayment, and form alliances with input suppliers and agriculture specialists.