We often take this for granted and insult the man, the institution that gave the country this precious gift of stability. That stability, indeed a very rare gift to any economic system for so long a time, ought to have been taken full advantage of for purposes of durable social and economic development.
There are risks of instability in the offing that hopefully will be effectively tackled by the Bank and other agencies in the years ahead. Thus far, the Bank has taken the stand that if the risk-taking behaviour of financial institutions cannot be regulated perfectly, it must impose some kind of prudential ratios to curb the volume of transactions.