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New law: Almighty CBN Seeks Sweeping Powers To Seize Foreign Currency, Restrict Repatriation etc.

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7 years ago
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CBN Gov Godiwn Emefiele

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The Central Bank of Nigeria is proposing a string of new amendments to the Foreign Exchange, Monitoring and Miscellaneous Exchange Act (FEMM). The act signed to law in 2014 basically liberalized the foreign exchange market in Nigeria allowing for foreign investors to import money into the country and repatriate same freely.

This is currently the act that governs the foreign exchange market in Nigeria. Despite this, the CBN believes it is mostly flawed particularly in the current economic situation and seeks to amend a large portion of the act.

The CBN made its position known in a “working paper” shared to members of the CIBN and can also be found in the website of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission.

However, critics of the proposed amendments point Nairametrics to portions of the CBN’s proposed amendments tantamount to foreign currency controls and abrogating super powers to an “already powerful CBN”. Here are examples of some of the proposed amendments;

  • The CBN says the act allows for “foreign currency purchased from the market to be repatriated without restrictions” and thus will like this amended. .
  • The CBN also believes the act “prohibits the seizure, forfeiture or expropriation of imported money by the government without providing exceptions. As such, the CBN wants to have powers to seize any foreign currency”.
  • The CBN is also unhappy that the law “allows foreign currency in excess of five thousand dollars imported or exported subject to declaration of statistics reason only.”
  • The CBN is also recommending that it be granted powers to restrict or prohibit the exportation of foreign currency when and where necessary to “protect the economy”.
  • The CBN also wants powers to “approve and where necessary restrict or prohibit repatriation of foreign currency to save the Nigerian economy”
  • The CBN also wants an amendment that allows it have the powers to “prevent monopoly and hoarding and a time limit for deposit of foreign currency in the bank”

While some aspects of the amendments are well intended, the above recommendations by the CBN does raise questions about the commitment of the CBN and indeed this government to allow for a market driven flexible exchange rate.

See the Working paper below;

[gview file=”https://nairametrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Working-Paper-on-Money-Laundering-Legislation-Reform-of-the-Foriegn-Exch….pdf”]

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  1. Anonymous says:
    November 16, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    Your story suggests that the work of the Nigeria Law Commission is being promoted by the CBN. Do you have any evidence to support this.

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