The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the total credit allocated to the private sector by the banking industry in Q1 of 2021 stands at N62.28 trillion.
This is according to the NBS Selected Banking Sector Data for Q1 to Q4 2021 released in Abuja on Thursday.
The report said that the top three credit allocations went into the oil and gas industry, manufacturing, and the general service sectors with N11.97 trillion (19.22 percent), N9.82 trillion (15.77 percent), and N5.55 trillion (8.92 percent).
It said similarly, in Q2 of 2021, total credit allocation increased by 5.64 percent to N65.79 trillion.
The report said the Q3 2021 credit allocations to the private sector further increased by 2.33 percent from the amount recorded in Q2 2021, showing a total of N67.33 trillion.
“Of this amount, allocation to the oil and gas industrial sector stands top at N12.32 trillion (18.29 percent), followed by the manufacturing sector with N11.14 trillion (16.55 percent) and the general service sector with N6.49 trillion (9.64 percent),’’ the report said.
The NBS said N71.71 trillion was reported as credit allocation to the private sector in Q4 for 2021, indicating a growth rate of 6.52 percent from Q3 2021.
“Again, the oil and gas industrial sector recorded the highest allocation with N12.48 trillion (17.40 percent), followed by the manufacturing sector with N12.16 trillion (16.96 percent) and the general service sector with N7.08 trillion (9.87 percent).’’
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The report said in Q1 2021, 1.96 billion volume of e-payment transactions were recorded through ATM, POS, Internet, NEFT, RTGS, USSD, Mobile, and Direct Channels.
It said the volume of e-payment transactions in Q2 2021 increased by 13.11 percent to 2.22 billion, while 2.43 billion was recorded in Q3 2021 showing a growth rate of 9.49 percent.
“However, the volume of e-payment transactions decreased by 2.16 percent to 2.38 billion in Q4 of 2021.’’
The report said in terms of values of e-payment transactions made, N238.87 trillion was recorded in Q1 2021 and N269.73 trillion in Q2 2021.
It said in Q3 2021, the value of e-payment transactions was N269.82 trillion, indicating an increase of 0.03 percent from Q2 2021, while N285.95 trillion was recorded in Q4 2021, showing a growth rate of 5.98 percent.
The report said the staff strength of deposit money banks in Q1 2021 stood at 94,681, inclusive of executive, senior, junior, and contract staff. In Q2 2021, this decreased to 92,780 and further decreased to 92,699 in Q3 2021.
“However, Q4 2021 recorded a staff strength of 93,090, indicating an increase of 0.42 percent from Q3 2 021.
