In this regard, let me add that it would be difficult for Access Bank to achieve its strategic goals if policy making and decision making are overly centralised in Lagos or some foreign capital without the benefit of the local board and Botswana citizens playing a meaningful role in executive leadership in core banking areas such as credit underwriting, treasury or risk management.
We listened to what the investors and the commercial banks were telling us. The change was welcomed and well received by lenders and investors. We are now going further still. We have just completed our review of the local borrowing limits of non-resident individuals. We are relaxing their borrowing too and I wish to announce the major changes.