President Bola Tinubu, alongside the World Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria, has urged Nigerian banks to shift their focus from government securities toward financing the real economy. Speaking at the 19th Annual Banking and Finance Conference, the President emphasized that while banks have successfully completed their recapitalization—raising 4.65 trillion naira—the ultimate success of these reforms must be measured by their impact on job creation, production, and improved living standards for ordinary Nigerians. Stakeholders noted that as macroeconomic stability improves, the banking sector must now prioritize affordable credit to MSMEs and productive sectors like manufacturing and agriculture to drive sustainable economic prosperity.