The Central Bank of Nigeria is the apex financial regulator in Nigeria. It
carries out its supervisory
functions among others with other financial regulators in Nigeria. A list of
other financial regulatory institutions (including government parastatals) is
given below
NEEDS:National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy was developed by the National Planning Commission, then headed by Prof Charles Soludo. It was endorsed by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria as a poverty-alleviating strategy. The aim of the scheme was to meet the Millenium Developoment Goals of curbing the menace of poverty in Nigeria and bringing it to the barest minimum by the year 2015.