TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE II
APPROVAL PAGE III
DEDICATION IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V
PROPOSAL VI
TABLE OF CONTENTS VII
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 3
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF STUDY 4
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 4
1.5 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 4
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL BANKING IN NIGERIA 6
2.2 STRUCTURE OF THE NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS 10
2.3 FUNCTIONS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS 12
2.4 LOANS AND ADVANCES BY COMMERCIAL BANKS 16
2.5 LOAN AND ADVANCES TO PREFERRED AND LESS PREFERRED SECTOR 20
2.6 IMPORTANT OF LOANS AND ADVANCES TO THE PREFERRED 20
2.7 FACTORS THAT AFFECT GRANTING OF LOANS 22
REFERENCES 23
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 SOURCES OF SECONDARY DATA 26
3.2 LOCATION OF DATA 26
3.3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 27
CHAPTER FOUR
FINDINGS 28
CHAPTER FIVE
RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 30
BIBLIOGRAPHY 32
