21.06.2011 - Nigeria eyes first Sukuk within 18 months: c.bank
Nigeria plans to issue its first sovereign sukuk within the next 18 months in a move aimed at boosting Islamic banking in West Africa's largest economy, Nigeria's central bank governor said on Monday. "We are working with the debt management office. The central bank is collaborating with them on capacity building. We do have a target of issuing a first sovereign sukuk in Nigeria within 18 months," Lamido Sanusi said on the sidelines of an Islamic finance forum in Senegal's capital..............................................Full Article: Source
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