Effect of Merger and Acquisition on the Performance of Banking Industry in Nigeria (A Study of some selected Commercial Banks in Nigeria: - Okoye Ogechukwu B

ABSTRACT

 This research takes a look at the effect of merger and acquisition on the performance of banking industry in Nigeria (a study ofsome selected commercial Banks) and I adopt ex post factor research design. Data are data’s from three selected listed commercial banks based on the non-probability sampling techniques. The variables employed are return on assets, return on equity and profitability. Return on equity, return on assets and profitability are employed as proxies for performance and serve as separate dependent variables. The population ofthe study consists of all the Nigeria commercial banks that have adopted merger and acquisition at one point in time or the other. The finding ofthis study reveals that one proxies (bank size, ) used to measure merger and acquisition that bank size has significant effect on all the performance of commercial banks in Nigeria. It recommends that Government through CBN should examine the policy of already consolidated banks to ensure that banks do not change its focus