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As Naira crashes to N545/$1, BDC operators urge CBN to collaborate

Ubah Jeremiah Ifeanyi by Ubah Jeremiah Ifeanyi
September 13, 2021
in Currencies, Markets, Spotlight
As Naira crashes to N545/$1, BDC operators urge CBN to collaborate
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The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) must communicate with licensed BDC operators as soon as possible to fix the challenges that have arisen as a result of the regulator’s forex suspension policy.

According to Daily Trust, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, the President of ABCON, told reporters in Lagos over the weekend that the policy’s execution had exacerbated Nigerians’ economic hardships.

This is following the CBN announcement of the discontinuation of the sale of forex to BDC operators in the country, citing unwholesome practices of the BDCs. The naira has since dipped to its lowest point and the BDC operators are calling for collaboration.

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At the time of writing this article, the naira had depreciated to N545/$1.

ABCON, according to Alhaji Aminu, has contributed over N300 billion to the economy and employs over 40,000 people. Gwadabe believes that the CBN’s strategy will exacerbate the worrying unemployment situation if it is not corrected.

CBN did not engage ABCON before implementing the policy, according to Gwadabe, however, he said, “I am not exonerating my members from some of the allegations levelled against BDCs, but it is not possible to sanitise a problem with another problem.

“As it is now, $1 exchanges for over N500, which cannot be reversed in the short run. So, there is an urgent need for the CBN to go back to the drawing board, consult with the licensed BDC operators and together proffer solutions.”

What is the CBN saying?

Over the weekend Nairametrics reported that Senior CBN officials disclosed that the apex bank will inject extra dollars into approved banks in order to increase the economy’s foreign exchange supply.

The black (parallel) market accounted for less than 1% of FX transactions, according to the officials, and should never be utilized to decide Nigeria’s dollar exchange rate.

There is no reason for anyone, who needs dollars to go to the black market as long as the person needs dollars for legitimate purposes.

The Senior CBN official said “Anyone patronising the black market to buy dollars at such rates must be engaged in illegal business because he can get the same dollars from the banks, the CBN, investors and exporters’ window at much lesser rates.

“So, what is the reason they’re going to the black market? Let those going to black market illegally desist from doing so.

“Their banks will sell them dollars through any of the approved channels. If anyone is refused, he/she should come out openly to report the bank. We will deal with the bank.

In case you missed it

  • At the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria hit at the Bureau De Change (BDC) for illegal forex trading and stated that it will henceforth discontinue the sale of forex to the Bureau operators in Nigeria.
  • The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, also announced a halt on the licensing of new Bureau De Change (BDC) operators and further processing of BDC application for forex across the country.
  • The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated categorically that it has no intention of converting forex in domiciliary accounts of bank customers to naira as a way of checking the shortage of US dollars in the country.
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Ubah Jeremiah Ifeanyi

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Comments 8

  1. Tohir Folohunsho says:
    September 13, 2021 at 1:43 pm

    It was so unfortunate that cbn is given wrong tackling to the situation on ground because the t&c they gave for applying forex from banks were wrong.

    Reply
  2. Abengowe Hamilton says:
    September 13, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    CBN please kindly go back to BDC.

    Reply
  3. Mrs.Manzuma says:
    September 14, 2021 at 5:12 am

    CBN is completely wrong here! UK embassies in Nigeria accepts only dollars as a means of payment for visas,our banks claimed visa fee payments aren’t part of what they sell dollars at official rate for;what can we do than to run to the black market?
    Is procurement of dollars for visa fees payment illegal?

    Why are foreign embassies allowed to be charging for visas in dollars in Nigeria and not naira?

    We’re in trouble in this country!

    Reply
    • Okechukwu Eze says:
      September 14, 2021 at 2:57 pm

      We are confused with the kind of policy we need to implement in order to help the growth of business in this country. Poverty is on the increase, cost of living is getting higher every day

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  4. Mr Austine Oghedegbe says:
    September 14, 2021 at 9:59 am

    The CBN is a toothless bulldog in this case.
    It’s very unfortunate.

    Reply
  5. Jo ja says:
    September 14, 2021 at 10:52 am

    CBN should break down bottle necks and delays so that those legit people who source forex from black market because of reasons mention above to get there transaction done. Not every body that patronize black market are criminals. CBN the reason is clear ,their is no instrument to cater for them. These people fall in-between form A and Form M. Hence the instruments does not fit all in d market and their is delay and long turn around time which does not reflect the needs of the market

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  6. Abdullahi Abdu says:
    September 14, 2021 at 8:02 pm

    CBN!! You should know that Nigerian Bank and Black marketers are one and the same. Don’t you have an intelligence dept to find out all this things. Haba

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  7. Dr Okojie Lawrence says:
    September 14, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    I am shocked a senior officer with institution like Cenntral Bankshould speak with such low understanding on how the fx markets work . Nigeria informal sector rely more on fx from black market to fund their business. If you are fairly used cars dealer in Nigeria no Nigeria Commercial bank will assist you to source dollar to purchase the vehicle you sell .,that is just one example. Alot of people who engaged in legitimate businesses can not access dollar from Commercial banks . CBN management need to understand the nature of economy which is highly import dependent and reverse their recent policy on banning sales of dollar to BDC.

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