Saturday, 11 March 2017

N541.8b debt:CBN and NCC halt Etisalat takeover.



The Nigerian Communications Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria have gotten a official pardon for Etisalat on the loan non-payment disaster in front of the company.

Mr tony Ojobo The Director of Public Affairs of NCC, in a declaration on Saturday in Lagos, said that the official pardon came subsequent a gathering call together by CBN and NCC to discover a rapid decision to the disaster.

He said, “Friday’s assembly do well in uncertain the effort by Etisalat’s creditors at fetch it under any form of conquest
“Receivership was totally in use off the table in a gathering that was very creative and helpful.

“The gathering, which held at the CBN office in Lagos, had the association of banks being due and Etisalat in number present.

“The banks and the mobile network worker approved to real actions that will bring all parties neighboring to a decree.”

He said that CBN and NCC were able to protected for Etisalat the essential “oxygen” to allow it carry on to get together pressing prepared fixed cost.

Mr Ojobo said that CBN director, Mr Godwin Emefiele who places the gathering, was solid in announce what desirable to be complete by both parties towards a fast decision.

He said that NCC uniformly made it obvious that the whole thing essential must be done to defend the 23 million Etisalat subscribers.

The manager said that there was also the require to defend the telecom industry to put off latent investor from rising freezing feet.

According to him, attempt has been made to make sure that Etisalat remnants in business while the group of banks get together their duty to their clients.

”A gathering will hold on March 16 to have the same opinion on a imbursement reform pathway going ahead.

”he said The NCC will show the way the CBN in a likely vital gathering with Etisalat’s shareholders anytime shortly.

On March 8, there was an effort by a group of banks to take over Etisalat, because of its N541.8bn arrears.

A group of some overseas and Nigerian banks, as well as Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank, have been having  in a row clash with the mobile telephone operator, over a loan capacity adding up 1.72 billion dollars (about N541.8 billion) acquire in 2015.

The banks said their effort to pull through the loan by all means, was coal by the difficulty from the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), demanding instant slash downward on the speed of their non-performing loans.

NCC come into view not to be positively liable to the conquest suggestion; as it supposed that Etisalat is not only a practical going worry,

 but also eager and clever to discuss the servicing of its loans.

Etisalat is Nigeria’s fourth major telecommunications worker with about 21 million subscribers as at January 2017. 

It begin business in Nigeria in 2009.

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