NGX Delists Four Firms for Poor Corporate Governance

By Dipo Olowookere

Four companies trading their shares on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited have been removed over poor corporate governance.

The affected firms; Evans Medical Plc, Nigerian-German Chemical Plc, Roads Nigeria Plc and Unic Diversified Holdings Plc have not been able to abide by the listing rules, including filing their financial results to the exchange.

The stock exchange requires companies trading their equities on its platform to regularly file their financial statements to enable shareholders and the investing public to have information that would enable them to make investment decisions.

When organisations fail to submit their books for scrutiny, the exchange uses its big hammer, which usually comes in a form of sanction and when it becomes consistent, the firms are shown the way out.

As for the aforementioned four companies, they have failed over a period of time to adhere to the rules of the exchange, which necessitated the regulation action.

In a regulatory document obtained by Business Post, the NGX disclosed that it removed the “entire issued capital” of the four organisations effective Monday, June 14, 2021.

It was stated that the delisting of the firms received the approval of the board of NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo) on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

According to the exchange, the authorisation for the removal of the affected firms is in line with the regulatory delisting process of NGX.