Financial experts have diagnosed
plausible reasons for the steady depreciation of the nation’s currency in spite
of series of interventions by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the foreign
exchange market.
The experts on Wednesday in Lagos
said that a single market rate, among others, was required to reverse the
depreciating trend of the naira.
Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, President,
Association of Bureaux de Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), said an apparent
devaluation of the interbank market rate was having a negative impact on the
Naira.
Gwadabe noted that investors were
uncomfortable with the prevailing multiple rates in the market, adding that
multiplicity of rates could engender currency speculation and round tripping.
The expert also said that the demand
for foreign exchange by pilgrims was putting the naira in difficulty.
The ABCON chief urged the
regulatory authorities to work towards achieving a single market rate.
Mr. Harrison Owoh, a financial
expert and a BDC operator, said the demands for foreign exchange by pilgrims
were far outstripping the supply.
Owoh said that 2000 dollars
auctioned to pilgrims on subsidized rate appeared not to meet their needs;
hence they had to put pressures on the parallel market for more.
The naira relapsed into depreciation
after several weeks of appreciation fueled by the aggressive interventions of
the CBN at the foreign exchange market.
The naira had exchanged between
N360 and N365 to the dollar for about four months before it started
depreciating, exchanging between N367 and N370 to a dollar at the parallel
market.
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