NDIC to refund depositors of 23 distressed banks, request claim details

Depositors of 23 distressed Nigerian banks will be refunded by Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the corporation’s managing director, Bello Hassan, assured.

Hassan said depositors whose funds have been trapped in unnamed liquidated banks should begin the process of claiming their money by submitting their details on NDIC’s online verification platform.

He made this known through the corporation’s director of communication and public affairs, Bashir Nuhu, during the 43rd Kaduna International Trade Fair on Thursday, stating that money owed by the 23 distressed banks have been recovered fully.

“It may interest you to note that from its dogged liquidation activities, the corporation has declared 100 percent liquidation dividends to depositors of 22 DMBs in liquidation,” Hassan said.

He explained further that, “As a result, the corporation has since moved on to commence payment of liquidation dividends to creditors and shareholders of some of the banks, indicating that their depositors can access their full payment whenever they file their claims.”

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It was gathered that the first payment made is the guaranteed sums, while the second tranche is liquidation dividends and prorated payments “attached to the bank liquidation mandate of the corporation.”

Note that deposit funds in microfinance banks (MFBs), deposit money Banks (DMBs), non-interest Banks (NIBs), primary mortgage banks (PMBs), subscribers of Mobile Money Operators (MMOs), and licensed payment service banks (PSBs) are insured by NDIC.

Maximum limit of insurance for DMBs, NIBs, PMBs and MMOs subscribers is N500,000.00 per bank, while that of MFBs is N200,000.00 per bank in the the event of failure of the establishment.

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