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MR. UZOMA DOZIE \u2013 Group Managing Director\/Chief … – Diamond Bank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Contrary to stakeholders and investors expectations, that Diamond Bank will be among the earliest banks to make their account books public in the year, the bank\u2019s management has sought for an extension of time for their results to be submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE for verification.<\/p>\n

Banks in the domestic economy has December 31st<\/sup> as their financial year end, and are required to submit their account books to the NSE for verification before they can hold their Annual General Meeting (AGM).<\/p>\n

Some investors\/stockbrokers who spoke to nationalwire<\/em> on the Lagos floor of the Exchange, said the inability of the bank to make public its statement may not be far for huge loan exposure still seating in the accounts of the bank.<\/p>\n

They also query that, the bank\u2019s failure to bring its financials to the stock market may be read to mean that their account books is nothing to write home about, even as this may go a long way to affect investment decision on the stocks of the bank.<\/p>\n

In its letter to the NSE on Monday, the bank said that its inability to make available its account books was \u201cwe have been notified that due to the stage of review of our accounts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), it is unlikely that this will be concluded in time for us to comply with the NSE and other regulatory rules guiding release of annual audited accounts\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n

It will be recall that the bank\u2019s profit after tax in 2015 accounting year stood at N5.66 billion, down from N25.49 billion achieved in 2014, a decline of 77.8 per cent.<\/p>\n

The bank\u2019s net operating income stood at N104.64 billion compared with N127.38 billion in 2014. Its impairment charge stood at N55.17 billion against N44.18 billion recorded in 2014.<\/p>

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According to the 2015 report, the bank\u2019s non-performing loans stood at 6.9 per cent from 5.1 per cent posted in 2014.<\/p>\n

The report also said that the bank\u2019s capital adequacy ratio stood at 16.3 per cent in contrast to 17. 5 per cent recorded in 2014, while net interest margin dropped to 6.1 per cent from 6.6 per cent in 2014.<\/p>\n

However, the declared gross earnings of N217.09 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2015 against N208.40 billion achieved in 2014.<\/p>\n

The gross earnings represented a growth of 4.17 per cent over the figure in 2014.<\/p>\n

Effort to speak and get further clarification with the Bank\u2019s cooperate affairs officers, Peju on 08171010400 and Nonso on 070185757668 after several calls and text messages failed to yield results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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