The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said Skye Bank is neither distressed nor liquidated as been circulated, urging customers and other stakeholders of the Bank to disregard such message.
This was contained in a statement by the Acting Director, Communications of the nation’s apex bank, Isaac Okorafor, in Abuja on Wednesday.
The statement said that malicious messages are making the rounds suggesting that the bank is distressed or has been liquidated by the CBN.
“The CBN wishes to state, and emphatically so, that it has not liquidated Skye Bank or any other Deposit Money Bank for that matter.
“The bank also wishes to reiterate its earlier assurance that Skye Bank is not in distress and remains a healthy bank in the Nigerian banking system.
“Indeed, the health of the Nigerian banking system remains strong; all banks in Nigeria are safe and depositors have no cause to fear over their deposits.’’
The statement recalled that Skye Bank had corporate governance challenges and that the CBN had since taken proactive steps to resolve the issues identified.
It also said that the CBN was satisfied with the efforts of the new management to reposition Skye Bank for effective service delivery.
