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The Association of African Central Banks (AACB)

The Association of African Central Banks was established following the recommendations of the first Meeting of Governors of African Central Banks which was held in Addis Ababa from 15 to 22 February 1965. The objective of the Association is to promote co-operation in the monetary, banking and financial sphere in the African region and to assist in the formulation of guidelines along which future agreements between African countries can proceed in these areas.

The Association has an Assembly of Governors (the governing body of which are members all African Central Banks Governors), a Bureau (composed of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson of the Association and Chairpersons of sub-regional Committees), sub-regional Committees (composed of Governors of Central Banks of the five (5) sub-regions as defined by the African Union). Membership of the Association and its Sub-regional Committees is open to all Central Banks of member countries of the African Union.

In addition to these organs the Association has a Secretariat located at the Headquarters of the Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO) in Dakar, Senegal. As at May, 19, 2006 thirty-three central banks had signed the revised statutes of the AACB. Nigeria signed the instrument of accession to the revised statutes on November 6, 2003.

The AACB is instrumental to the regional aim of evolving into a single monetary zone by the year 2021 with a common currency and a common central bank at the continental level. This common central bank – The African Central Bank (ACB) has been zoned to Nigeria.


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Visit the ECOWAS website - http://www.ecowas.int/
Visit the WAMI website - http://www.wami-imao.org/
Visit WAMA website - http://www.wama-amao.org/
Visit NEPAD website - http://www.nepad.org/
The IMF website - http://www.imf.org
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Facts : 1/1/1990
Guidlines for Licensed Banks:In 1990, the CBN introduced a set of Prudential guidelines for licensed banks which were complimentary to the capital adequacy requirement and statement of accounting standards. The guidelines spelt out the criteria to be adopted by banks in classifying non-performing loans.
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  1. Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)
  2. Federal Ministry Of Finance
  3. Federal Office of Statistics (Email)
  4. National Assembly (Email)
  5. National Insurance Corporation (NAICOM)
  6. National Planning Commission
  7. Federal Ministry of Commerce
  8. Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  9. Ministry of Cooperation & Integration in Africa
  10. National Maritime Authority
  11. National Orientation and Public Affairs, The Presidency
  12. Nigerian Communications Commission
  13. Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission
  14. Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)
  15. Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission
  16. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
  17. Nigerian Postal Services
  18. Security & Exchange Commission (SEC)
  19. The Government of Nigeria On-line
  20. The Nigerian Stock Exchange
  21. Nigerian Export - Import Bank NEXIM
  22. All Banking Institutions (including Banks, BDCs, etc) in Nigeria
  23. National Identity Management Commission
  24. National Pension Commission

Professional Bodies

  1. Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria

International Organisations

  1. Proposed African Finance Cooperation (AFC)
  2. United Nations Economic Commission For Africa (UNECA)
  3. The Association of African Central Banks (AACB)
  4. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  5. African Development Bank (ADB) Group
  6. International Monetary Fund (I.M.F).
  7. Bank for International Settlement (B.I.S).
  8. Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)
  9. The World Bank
  10. UNDP Nigeria
  11. Nigeria at the IMF
  12. West African Monetary Institute (WAMI)
  13. West African Monetary Agency (WAMA)
  14. West African Institute for Financial & Economic Management (WAIFEM)
  15. The New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)
  16. Group of Seven & Eight (G7/G8)
  17. Developing Eight Countries (D-8)
  18. Group of 77 (G-77)
  19. Group of (G-15)

Trade & Investment With the USA

  1. Africa Growth & Opportunity Act:
    (at the U.S. Trade Representative Office)
  2. Eximbank
  3. Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  4. Trade & Development Agency
  5. U.S. Commercial Service, U.S.A.
  6. U.S. Commercial Service, Nigeria
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