The Association of Bureau de Change Operators of Nigeria recently urged currency speculators to deviate from their previous actions, which have pushed the nation’s currency into losing value against the United States dollar.
This announcement was revealed by PUNCH after the President of ABCON, Aminu Gwadabe, said in a WhatsApp message he sent to the newspaper house that the Central Bank of Nigeria is pushing on suffering currency speculators.
His WhatsApp message reads,
- What is happening in the market and the continuous naira rebound are manifestations of the CBN's double-edged sword measures of dollar liquidity injection and naira mopping through the instrumentality of interest rate hikes.
- It is a good development, as it is now a great risk to speculate, hoard, and substitute naira for other currencies.
The dollar sold for 783.67/$ in the Importer’s and Exporter’s FX window, when compared to 807.27/$ on Thursday, according to data on the CBN website.
The naira reversed the depreciating trend it had witnessed this year after the CBN started to clear the forex demand backlog in banks.
“As we continue to observe developments, there is a need for caution in attacking the naira, as it all appears that the CBN has the arsenal and the logic to continue to enshrine the success recorded,” ABCON noted.
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