The Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that digital platforms are important for democratizing access to capital market goods and services and increasing financial inclusion in the market.

The sec’s director-general, Lamido Yuguda, who said this during a webinar on “digital platforms: new frontier for capital market inclusion stressed that as the apex regulator of the Nigerian capital market, with a dual mandate to regulate and develop the market, it recognizes that the greatest asset of any capital market and any financial market is its investors.