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But Mailafia said commercial banks cannot be trusted and would sell the dollar at any rate they wish.

“If we are not careful, that decision will actually worsen the naira value because the BDCs, you could walk into any of them anywhere and within five minutes, they will attend to you but the banks, you have to drive to your nearest bank, you have to queue most of the time.

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