The Director-General of the DMO, Ms Patience Oniha, made this disclosure on Thursday during the NGX Savings Bond Webinar 2023 organised by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited in collaboration with Optimus by Afrinvest, a foremost fintech platform, and support of CSL Stockbrokers. Ms Oniha, represented by the Director of the Market Development Department at the DMO, Mr Monday Usiade, said these funds were taken from about 35,000 FGN savings bond subscribers. Commending the NGX for its role in enlightening retail investors of the opportunity that exists in fixed income securities market, especially with respect to the FGN savings bond, the DG said that the DMO uses the FGN bond benchmark yield curve to price the savings bond to ensure that retail investors earn comparable returns.