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Microfinance in Nigeria and the prospects of introducing its Islamic version there in the light of selected Muslim countries' experience

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  • Mhammed, Aliyu Dahinu
  • Hasan, Zubair

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Today widespread poverty is one of the major problems of mankind and its alleviation one of her major agendas. In recent years microfinance has emerged as an important instrument to relieve poverty in the developing countries. Today there are more than 7000 micro lending institutions providing loans to more than 25 million poor individuals across the world, their vast majority being the women. However these institutions face some serious challenges, especially in less developed countries where the proportion of people in poverty is high. The existing microfinance in Nigeria serves less than 1 million people out of 40 million being the potential number that need the service. Also, the aggregate micro credit facilities in Nigeria, account for about 0.2 percent of the GDP and is less than one percent of total credit in the economy. Addressing this situation inadequately would further accentuate the problem and slow down growth and development of the country. We find that the microfinance institutions charge interest rate as high as up to 100% for lending and pay as low as 5% on savings. This aggravates the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth and income in Nigeria. Finally, Nigeria being a country with a Muslims majority, represents a potential for Islamic microfinance especially that most Muslims reject the conventional interest based micro financing, which is not tailored in line with their faith. This might cause failure of government project to combat poverty in the country through micro financing. Under the circumstance Islamic micro financing has potential to serve the country better. The paper has relied on the sources of Shari`ah law, secondary data from journals, periodicals, conference proceedings, text book , internet search and other sources of published data to support the argument.

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  • Mhammed, Aliyu Dahinu & Hasan, Zubair, 2008. "Microfinance in Nigeria and the prospects of introducing its Islamic version there in the light of selected Muslim countries' experience," MPRA Paper 8127, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Rahman, Aminur, 1999. "Micro-credit initiatives for equitable and sustainable development: Who pays?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 67-82, January.
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    1. Ismail Abdulnasir Garane & Abdoul Rahman Mhd Ramez Al Jounaidi, 2020. "The Impact of Islamic Microfinance Institutions on Poverty Alleviation in Mogadishu-Somalia," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 7(4), pages 253-262, April.
    2. Hasan, Zubair, 2020. "Sustainability, growth and finance from Islamic perspective," MPRA Paper 102307, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 08 Aug 0220.

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    Key words: Microfinance; Islam; Nigeria;
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    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers

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