BREAKING: 3 Nigerian banks to take over Etisalat today March 8 over N541.8bn debt (See list)
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Premium Times is reporting that three Nigerian banks are set to take over telecommunications firm Etisalat today, Wednesday, March 8, over unpaid N541.8billion debt.
An Etisalat experience centre on the Lagos Island; one of the company's assets that now be forfeited to the banks.
According to the report, the move follows the failure of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to broker a peaceful resolution between Etisalat Nigeria and a consortium of banks.
The banks involved are:
1. Guaranty Trust Bank
2. Access Bank
3. Zenith Bank
These are not the only banks but there are also some foreign banks that have also been reportedly having a running battle with the telecoms company over a loan facility totalling $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) obtained in 2015.
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The report says the loan involved a foreign-backed guaranty bond and was given to Etisalat to finance a major network rehabilitation and expansion of its operational base in Nigeria.
After failing to service its debt since 2016, the banks reported the company to the Central Bank of Nigeria and communications sector regular NCC.
Etisalat blamed its inability to fulfil its obligation to the banks on the current economic recession in Nigeria but the banks replied that Asset Management Company of Nigeria regulations demanding immediate cut down on the rate of their non-performing loans give them no other option.
A senior bank official among those affected said Etisalat management was given option of filing for bankruptcy but it was not taken. This option, he said, would have required the banks just a management to oversee the telecoms firm’s operations.
Although the NCC is not happy with the takeover, a top source at the regulatory body NCC said on Tuesday, March 7 that it had approved the takeover that is now expected to happen today.
Welcome to henry jex blog
Premium Times is reporting that three Nigerian banks are set to take over telecommunications firm Etisalat today, Wednesday, March 8, over unpaid N541.8billion debt.
An Etisalat experience centre on the Lagos Island; one of the company's assets that now be forfeited to the banks.
According to the report, the move follows the failure of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to broker a peaceful resolution between Etisalat Nigeria and a consortium of banks.
The banks involved are:
1. Guaranty Trust Bank
2. Access Bank
3. Zenith Bank
These are not the only banks but there are also some foreign banks that have also been reportedly having a running battle with the telecoms company over a loan facility totalling $1.72 billion (about N541.8 billion) obtained in 2015.
READ ALSO:
The report says the loan involved a foreign-backed guaranty bond and was given to Etisalat to finance a major network rehabilitation and expansion of its operational base in Nigeria.
After failing to service its debt since 2016, the banks reported the company to the Central Bank of Nigeria and communications sector regular NCC.
Etisalat blamed its inability to fulfil its obligation to the banks on the current economic recession in Nigeria but the banks replied that Asset Management Company of Nigeria regulations demanding immediate cut down on the rate of their non-performing loans give them no other option.
A senior bank official among those affected said Etisalat management was given option of filing for bankruptcy but it was not taken. This option, he said, would have required the banks just a management to oversee the telecoms firm’s operations.
Although the NCC is not happy with the takeover, a top source at the regulatory body NCC said on Tuesday, March 7 that it had approved the takeover that is now expected to happen today.
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