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An economist, Prof. Sheriffdeen Tella, on Tuesday urged commercial banks to legitimately sell Foreign Exchange to customers to enable the exchange rate of the naira to the dollar appreciate.

Tella, a Professor of Economics at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. He spoke on the heels of stoppage of supply of forex to Bureau De Change operators by the Central Bank of Nigeria.NAN reports that the most recent exchange rate of the Naira to the dollar at FCMB as of Aug. 3, is 455, as against the lowest value of 440 at GTBank on Aug.2.

“At the initial stage that we are, the exchange rate will depreciate because there will be hoarding of forex by BDCs and panic demand by industries and other importers.

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