SEC urges stronger girls participation in capital market

The Securities and Trade Fee and trade consultants on Monday referred to as for stronger participation of girls in Nigeria’s capital market, stressing that feminine professionals play a important position in strengthening monetary establishments and increasing investor confidence.

The decision was made throughout the commemoration of Worldwide Girls’s Day on the SEC headquarters in Abuja, the place regulators and monetary consultants emphasised the necessity for better feminine management, monetary literacy, and funding participation throughout the monetary ecosystem.

In his keynote deal with, the Director-Basic of the SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, stated girls had persistently served as pillars of the Nigerian capital market and deserved better recognition for his or her contributions to the expansion of the monetary system.

Agama stated the fee had witnessed the resilience, dedication, and management of girls throughout completely different roles within the organisation and the broader capital market.

“Right this moment, this morning, the Securities and Trade Fee is celebrating the ladies who stand as pillars of the Nigerian capital market,” he stated.

He added that feminine professionals had proven exceptional power and keenness in advancing the event of the market. The SEC boss famous that girls had performed an essential position in shaping his skilled journey, revealing that his most influential mentor throughout his greater than 20 years on the fee was a girl.

“I can proudly say, even because the Director-Basic of the SEC, that my fundamental mentor on the SEC was a girl. She taught me the crucibles of the capital market. She taught me with ardour, with integrity, and with values,” he stated.

He additionally highlighted the contributions of a number of girls who had held key management positions within the fee, together with former SEC Director-Basic Arunma Oteh, former Performing Director-Basic Mary Uduk, and different feminine leaders throughout the organisation.

Agama stated girls throughout the fee continued to supply robust skilled help that had helped drive institutional progress. He urged males to recognise the significance of girls in shaping society and supporting skilled progress.

Additionally talking on the occasion, the Founder and Chief Govt Officer of MoneyWise Worldwide, Toyin Alabi, referred to as on girls to strengthen their monetary decision-making and actively take part in funding alternatives throughout the capital market.

Alabi stated many ladies nonetheless confronted challenges in monetary empowerment regardless of working in monetary establishments or associated sectors. “In truth, lots of girls don’t have the best empowerment by way of the side of finance,” she stated.

In accordance with her, constructing monetary independence requires girls to transcend incomes earnings and start to concentrate on financial savings, funding, and wealth creation. Alabi famous that many professionals understood the significance of investing however usually didn’t develop the self-discipline required to maintain long-term monetary progress.

“Private finance is 20 per cent data and 80 per cent behaviour,” she stated. She additionally warned girls in opposition to fraudulent funding schemes and emphasised the significance of knowledgeable monetary selections. “The primary rule of investing is that if there’s any iota of doubt or a chance that cash will probably be misplaced, don’t make investments,” she added.

Alabi urged girls to undertake long-term monetary planning methods and domesticate saving habits that will allow them to construct sustainable wealth. “Saving cash could not make you wealthy, nevertheless it provides you peace of thoughts,” she stated.

In her particular remarks, the Govt Commissioner for Authorized and Enforcement on the SEC, Frana Chukwuogor, stated girls working throughout the capital market regulator had demonstrated exceptional resilience, professionalism, and integrity.

Chukwuogor stated girls throughout the organisation have been making a major impression not solely professionally but additionally inside their households and communities. She additionally urged contributors to contribute positively to society by supporting schooling and combating monetary fraud.

Chukwuogor additional challenged contributors to actively expose fraudulent funding schemes.

Additionally talking, the Govt Commissioner for Operations on the SEC, Bola Ajomale, stated girls performed a basic position in shaping society and constructing robust establishments. Ajomale stated the fee was intentionally creating alternatives for girls to thrive throughout the organisation and the broader capital market.

He additional emphasised the significance of feminine management and mentorship inside organisations. Ajomale famous that girls usually introduced distinctive views and considerate evaluation to decision-making processes.

The occasion shaped a part of actions marking the 2026 Worldwide Girls’s Day celebration, with contributors emphasising the necessity to strengthen girls’s inclusion and affect inside Nigeria’s capital market and broader monetary system.