By Chinwendu Obienyi
The Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC), has encouraged Nigerian youths
to invest in the capital market instead of indulging in gambling.
Acting Director General of SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk who stated this, said there are
various products and funds available in the Market that would appeal to the
youth populace in Nigeria.
Uduk therefore encouraged them to take advantages of these opportunities and
invest wisely.
According to her “We have mutual funds and it covers every asset in the capital
market. Whether it is money market, insurance, capital market, real estate,
infrastructure among others. The youths can invest in these, rather than leave
your money in savings account you can invest in mutual funds. It runs like
savings account and after three months you can withdraw your money same way as
you do with the banks.
“You don’t have to go and gamble, there are so many products in the capital
market that they can invest in rather than going to gamble and losing their
money.
We have various products that are very attractive where they can invest their
money.
The Acting DG disclosed that the Commission has commenced investor education
and enlightenment for Nigerians to understand the benefits of these funds which
gives more interest that saving money in bank accounts.
She also urged those already invested in the market to register to claim their
dividends electronically as a means of reducing the unclaimed dividends
profile.
“For every account that is mandated all accrued dividends is automatically paid.
Then there is the use of regularization of multiple accounts. We discovered
that while dividend is growing and it is increasing unclaimed dividends, the
pace is not as satisfactory as when we observe that multiple accounts which
have not been claimed for many years are still being paid dividends.
“Those people that have multiple accounts can only lay claim on dividends in
one account, all the others will keep warehousing dividends as long as they are
not regularized.
“We therefore urge all those with multiple accounts to regularise such accounts
so that they can also claim their dividends”.
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