The Securities and Alternate Fee has unveiled an formidable agenda for 2026, putting the mobilisation of long-term funds on the centre of efforts to bridge Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit and unlock development throughout vital sectors of the financial system.
The Director-Normal of the Fee, Dr Emomotimi Agama, disclosed this in a New 12 months message issued in Abuja on Thursday, outlining a strategic shift aimed toward positioning the Nigerian capital market as a key resolution supplier to the nation’s improvement challenges.
In keeping with Agama, the SEC will prioritise the mobilisation of long-term home and worldwide capital, whereas streamlining regulatory frameworks and aggressively facilitating the issuance of progressive monetary devices that channel disciplined capital into productive sectors of the financial system.
He stated the Fee would, in 2026, facilitate the issuance of infrastructure bonds, inexperienced bonds, municipal bonds and infrastructure-focused funds to draw affected person capital into vital nationwide belongings.
“Our objective is to draw long-term home and worldwide capital into roads, energy, rail, housing and digital infrastructure, whereas making it simpler for state governments and infrastructure corporations to entry the market effectively,” the SEC boss acknowledged.
Agama revealed that agriculture would additionally obtain renewed consideration, with plans to advertise the itemizing of agribusiness companies and create tailor-made itemizing home windows for agricultural cooperatives and value-chain corporations.
By means of commodity exchanges, agricultural funding trusts and commodities-linked monetary devices, he stated the Fee goals to de-risk the agricultural sector, guarantee honest pricing for farmers, strengthen meals safety and provides Nigerians the chance to personal a stake within the nation’s agricultural worth chain.
In the true property sector, the Director-Normal disclosed that the SEC would drive the revitalisation of Actual Property Funding Trusts (REITs) whereas introducing progressive inexpensive housing bonds. He famous that these initiatives are anticipated to unlock contemporary capital for mass housing supply, create new asset lessons for buyers and transfer hundreds of thousands of Nigerians nearer to homeownership.
The manufacturing sector can be set to learn, as Agama stated the Fee is reviewing its guidelines to incentivise listings by small and medium-scale enterprises, with specific give attention to manufacturing, automotive, prescribed drugs and completed items.
“By offering affected person capital by means of the capital market, we’ll revitalise factories, scale back import dependency, create jobs and place ‘Made in Nigeria’ as a worldwide model,” he stated.
On the facility sector, Agama acknowledged that the SEC would help investments by means of infrastructure bonds, inexperienced power bonds, project-backed securities and public–personal funding autos. In keeping with him, these measures will assist unlock long-term capital for grid growth, renewable power initiatives, embedded energy options and power transition initiatives.
He added that by bettering bankability buildings and attracting affected person capital throughout the facility worth chain, the capital market would play a stronger position in supporting power safety within the nation.
Reflecting on the broader imaginative and prescient for the brand new yr, the SEC boss stated the Fee was not merely turning a web page on the calendar however embracing a chance to redefine the aim and energy of the Nigerian capital market.
“We glance again at a yr of transformation and stay up for a future the place our capital market turns into the definitive resolution supplier for Nigeria’s most urgent financial and developmental wants,” Agama stated.
The renewed focus, analysts say, alerts a deliberate push by the apex capital market regulator to align funding flows with nationwide improvement priorities and deepen the position of the capital market in driving sustainable financial development in 2026 and past.
