JUST IN: Naira Drops To N2,000/1£
Business News, Latest Headlines Monday, February 19th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s local currency is currently exchanging above 2,000 naira against the Great Britain Pound at the parallel market.
A Bureau de Change operator at Wuse Zone 4, Malam Ibrahim, confirmed the rates on Monday.
He said, Yes it is true, we are currently selling above N2,000 for the pounds and it is still about the heavy and consistent demand for these currencies.”
Our correspondent learned that the new rate increased from N1,930 recorded on Saturday and is currently the lowest point in the historical performance of the naira.
Similarly, the naira depreciated against the dollar in the parallel forex market, where forex is unofficially trading at N1,673 from N1,670/$ on Friday.
One of the recent policies was the CBN’s announcement of halting international oil companies operating in Nigeria from immediately remitting 100 per cent of their forex proceeds to their parent companies abroad.
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