Technical hitches had within the past few weeks hampered the disbursement of the COVID-19 Targetted Credit Facility resulting in mixed feelings from the applicants of the CBN Intervention Program.

The new week has however reassured the Federal Government's commitment in enabling the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) recover from the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

As at this moment, the backlogs of October, November and December are being cleared, and  it being backlog, patience is demanded from applicants who got approval within these months. Many of the applicants affected have already been paid yesterday and some today while payment continues.

Following the ongoing disbursement is more approval and those who got approval before but could not accept their loans, would be able do so.

Waiting for approval or Acceptance of your loan offer, there are chances that you may not be alerted.

However, you can keep checking your status by following the method below

1. Open https://covid19.nmfb.com.ng

2. When it loads, select the type of Loan you applied for. Either SME or Household

3. Enter your BVN. Do not worry, the website is safe. That's the official website of Nirsal Microfinance Bank.

4. A response will be displayed. 

(A) If it says your Loan has been approved, it will load your details asking you to accept your Loan offer. Proceed to complete the process and enter bank name and your account number. Avoid mistakes here.

(B) If it says 'Your loan has not been approved, check back later, kindly check back later as they said.

(C) If it however displays "BVN does not exist", do not panic. Just keep checking back from time to time as approval is on going and hope is high.

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Note that Approval is done in batches and not a sole decision of the Nirsal Microfinance Bank -the NFMB sends application to CBN, CBN reviews and approves, gives order to NMFB to disburse the fund. According to CBN, the loan approval/disbursements is based on the activity, cash flow, and industry size of the beneficiaries. Just be patient.