Citizens of Nigeria abandoned 10 million bank accounts in the first half of 2019 (H1’19) which increased the number of inactive bank accounts by 26 percent, year-on-year, during the period.

Nigerian Inter Bank Settlement System, NIBSS, made this known in the June 2019 edition of its ‘Industry Customer Bank Account Data’, which also revealed that Nigerians opened 10.97 million bank accounts within the same period. The NIBSS data showed that the number of inactive bank accounts rose to 49.4 million in H1’19 from 39 million in H1’18. On quarterly basis, the number of inactive bank accounts rose by five percent in the second quarter of the year, Q2’19, from 46.89 million in Q1’19.

Furthermore, the number of active bank accounts increased by 0.82 percent to 72.97 million in H1’19 from 72.3 million in H1’18. However, quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), the number of active bank accounts dropped by 1.1 million or 1.4 percent to 72.97 million in Q2’19 from 74.03 million in Q1’19. Further analysis revealed that the number of current accounts grew by 20 percent to 29.28 million in H1’19 from 24.4 million in H1’18 while the number of savings accounts rose by seven percent to 89.8 million from 83.9 million in H1’18.

On quarterly basis, the number of current accounts rose by 3.0 percent to 29.28 million in Q2’19 from 28.56 million in Q1’19 while the number of savings accounts rose slightly by 0.81 percent to 89.8 million in Q2’19 from 89.05 million in Q1’19.

SOURCE: https://www.trendingaccounting.com/2019/07/nigerians-abandon-10-million-bank.html

I can't even remember my account number. Na who chop belleful dey save.

I abandoned 2 account now remain 2 active account

Apus:
I can't even remember my account number. Na who chop belleful dey save.

who wan gree Belleful?

na to chop dey go o....abi you know when the next meal go show?

I dash Ecobank my account.. They deserved it more.

Useless Bank!!!

My fcmd account don dey dormant since last year, thanks to.....u know who,winter has come