Crypto Policy Monitor
Nigeria · market infrastructure · in force · 19 May 2026

Nigeria moves to T+1 settlement

JurisdictionNigeria (Africa)
AuthoritySecurities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria
Instrumentmarket infrastructure
Statusin force
Event date19 May 2026
Coverage date30 May 2026
SourcesSEC Nigeria circulars feed
Referencecpm-2026-0022

Effective 19 May 2026, Nigerian equities and commodities settle T+1. It is a market-plumbing change rather than a crypto rule, but it belongs on this monitor for what it signals: the same regulator writing VASP-adjacent rules is compressing settlement toward the T+0 world that tokenized markets assume. Brokers, custodians and clearing members had days rather than months to re-tool reconciliation, a preview of the operational tempo African market infrastructure reform is now running at.