BOI-accredited Business Development Service Provider

Transforming complexity into opportunity.

Oxilion advises Nigerian businesses, banks and development institutions on access to finance, corporate governance, distressed debt and public-sector reform. Headquartered in Kano, working nationwide.

Discuss a mandate Our practice areas

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Receivership & NPL mandates: ₦4.7B
Combined leadership experience: 30+yrs
Institutional clients served: 18+
Accreditation: BOI BDSP

01 / Practice

Four practices, one standard of evidence.

Each engagement is documented to the standard its audience requires — a credit committee, a board, a regulator, or a donor mission.

01

OFAP Access to finance

Structuring, documenting and submitting bankable applications to BOI, DBN, NIRSAL, commercial banks and private investors — for businesses that qualify but cannot yet prove it on paper.
- Bankable business plans
- Financial models
- Application packaging
02

CGID Governance and institutional development

Board governance, organisation design, performance management, risk and compliance, and workforce capability — preparing family-owned and maturing businesses for investment and succession.
- Board charters
- Organisation design
- Risk frameworks
03

NPL workout and debt recovery

Bank-facing restructuring, workout and receivership mandates, built on a ₦4.7 billion track record in distressed portfolios across northern Nigeria.
- Receivership
- Workout structuring
- Recovery advisory
04

Government and DFI advisory

Financial-sector reform and MSME development mandates for development institutions and state governments, as local partner or prime consultant.
- World Bank
- AfDB · GIZ
- FCDO · EU · UN

02 / Track record

We measure the work by what it recovers.

₦4.7B

Resolved through receivership and non-performing loan mandates with commercial banks, AMCON and creditors.

Institutions we have served

Bank of Industry
SunTrust Bank
Dala Agro
Popular Foods
Ilera Group
North West Industries
MC Plastics
Alwadi Farms
Stagmeier Ltd
DLD Enterprises
Ratel Ltd
Jumad Engineering
Annuri Viva Plastics
GNET Consultant
Yus-Abu Global Inv.
Akanobco
Silver Crest Gynae
Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria
Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria
Oil Seeds Processors Association

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The work sits behind the numbers: working capital, collateral, governance, recovery.

03 / Leadership

Bankers, regulators and operators — around one table.

Alh. Dalhatu Abubakar

Chairman

FCICN, National Vice President of NACCIMA and former President of KACCIMA. A recognised voice in Nigerian commerce and industry.
Mohammed Yakasai

Director

Thirty-four years across commercial and central banking, including senior roles at Citibank, Unity Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Honorary Senior Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.
Adamu Balanti

Director

Finance, technology and public administration. Former General Manager, Information Systems at Dangote Group, and Director at NAICOM.
Sabiu Umar Yola

Director

Three decades in finance and corporate strategy. Former Executive Director at Kabo Air, with earlier banking and audit experience at Savannah Bank and Broad Bank.