SEC targets long-term capital to bridge infrastructure, sectoral gaps in 2026
The Securities and Trade Fee has unveiled an bold 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 economic system.
The Director-Basic 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 growth challenges.
Based on Agama, the SEC will prioritise the mobilisation of long-term home and worldwide capital, whereas streamlining regulatory frameworks and aggressively facilitating the issuance of modern {financial} devices that channel disciplined capital into productive sectors of the economic 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 property.
“Our purpose 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 said.
Agama revealed that agriculture would additionally obtain renewed consideration, with plans to advertise the itemizing of agribusiness corporations and create tailor-made itemizing home windows for agricultural cooperatives and value-chain corporations.
Via commodity exchanges, agricultural funding trusts and commodities-linked {financial} 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-Basic disclosed that the SEC would drive the revitalisation of Actual Property Funding Trusts (REITs) whereas introducing modern reasonably priced housing bonds. He famous that these initiatives are anticipated to unlock contemporary capital for mass housing supply, create new asset lessons for traders and transfer hundreds of thousands of Nigerians nearer to homeownership.
The manufacturing sector can be set to profit, as Agama stated the Fee is reviewing its guidelines to incentivise listings by small and medium-scale enterprises, with explicit give attention to manufacturing, automotive, prescribed drugs and completed items.
“By offering affected person capital by way of the capital market, we are going to revitalise factories, cut back import dependency, create jobs and place ‘Made in Nigeria’ as a world model,” he stated.
On the facility sector, Agama said that the SEC would assist investments by way of infrastructure bonds, inexperienced power bonds, project-backed securities and public–non-public funding autos. Based on him, these measures will assist unlock long-term capital for grid enlargement, renewable power tasks, embedded energy options and power transition initiatives.
He added that by enhancing bankability constructions 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 possibility 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 {economic} and developmental wants,” Agama stated.
The renewed focus, analysts say, indicators a deliberate push by the apex capital market regulator to align funding flows with nationwide growth priorities and deepen the position of the capital market in driving sustainable {economic} development in 2026 and past.