NIGERIA AND SME FINANCING EFFORTS: A REVIEW OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT FOR FUTURE PARADIGM

Abstract

The generation of more economic activities by the Small and Medium Enterprises relies heavily on their extent of accessibility to finance. Laying credence to this, SMEs’ financing has been at the forefront of development agenda in Nigeria. The chapter reviews the past and the present SMEs financing efforts of both private sector-led and public sector-led institutions in Nigeria with a view to charting the course for future policy improvement.