Determinants Of Commercial Banks Profitability In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1          Background to the Study                                                                                            In every economy the banking sector is considered to be the vital source of financing economic activities. As such, the profitability of this sector is inevitable in order to encourage economic activities. The importance of bank profitability can be appraised at the micro and macro levels of the economy (Bobakova, 2003) at the micro level; profit is the essential pre-requisite of a competitive banking institution and the cheapest source of fin…