The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a directive requiring all capital market operators (CMOs) to declare their level of compliance with the Investments and Securities Act (ISA) 2025 and ensure that tradable instruments in their portfolios are fully registered by January 2026.
The announcement was delivered by the SEC Director-General, Emomotimi Agama, through the Commissioner of Operations, Bola Ajomale, during the 2025 Journalists’ Academy held in Lagos yesterday.
The gathering with the theme, ‘the ISA 2025 and the Future of Nigeria’s Capital Market: Innovation, Protection and Growth’ set the tone for what the regulator described as a new era of discipline, transparency and innovation in the country’s financial system.
Agama said that every individual or institution involved in selling any tradable instrument must align with the commission’s registration requirements within the stipulated timeframe, stressing that the new act is designed to reengineer the structure and dynamism of Nigeria’s capital market.
He explained that the ISA 2025 is not simply an update to the 2007 legislation but a comprehensive, forward-looking policy blueprint crafted to reposition the Nigerian market within an increasingly complex global financial environment.
