June 14, 2023 The development is coming barely five days after the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank Governor.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has given commercial banks and dealers in the forex market the green light to sell forex freely at market-determined rates, it was learnt on Wednesday.
The development is coming barely five days after the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as the Central Bank Governor.This is also in tandem with earlier reports that the naira had been devalued.Findings revealed that the banks can now sell forex at market-determined rates, suggesting Nigeria is now operating a freely floating exchange rate.
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