SEC Educates Investors On Unclaimed Capital Market Assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would educate investors and beneficiaries on how to recover unclaimed monies and inherited investments in the Nigerian capital market.

The event will be taking place on August 6, 2026 in Abuja with the theme, ‘Probate and Unclaimed Monies Awareness and Investor Clinic’, is part of a nationwide awareness campaign launched by the Commission in collaboration with Meristem Registrars and Probate Services Limited to improve investor protection, financial literacy and confidence in the capital market.

Speaking on the initiative, the director-general of the SEC, Dr. Emomotimi Agama, said the campaign was aimed at helping investors and beneficiaries understand the procedures for recovering investments due to them while strengthening public confidence in the Nigerian capital market.

“Investor protection remains at the heart of the Commission’s mandate. Through this awareness campaign and Investor Clinic, we are bringing regulators and market operators together to help investors and beneficiaries understand the claims process, recover investments due to them and strengthen public confidence in the Nigerian capital market,” Agama said.

The Commission said thousands of investors and beneficiaries across the country remain unaware that they may be entitled to unclaimed funds arising from scheme consideration, return monies or inherited investments belonging to deceased relatives, largely because they are unfamiliar with the required documentation and claims procedures.

According to the SEC, the one-day programme at its Abuja headquarters will bring together representatives of key institutions involved in investor protection, estate administration and capital market operations to provide educational sessions and practical guidance.

The Commission encouraged investors with outstanding capital market claims, shareholders with unclaimed monies resulting from mergers, acquisitions or unallotted securities, beneficiaries of deceased investors, executors and administrators of estates, legal practitioners, investment advisers and prospective investors to attend the free event.

The SEC also urged members of the public to transact only through SEC-registered market operators, warning that legitimate claims should never be processed outside approved channels.

It reaffirmed its commitment to promoting a fair, transparent and inclusive capital market where investors are well informed, their rights are protected and confidence in the market continues to grow.