With
the price of crude oil heading south and the country’s foreign reserves
under pressure, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday banned the
sale of dollars at its Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS) to importers
of telecoms equipment, power generators and finished products.
Others affected by the ban include importers of electronics, finished
products, invisible transactions business and information technology.
However, they can source their foreign exchange requirements from the interbank market and dealers.
Owing to the directive, the naira hit a new intra-day low in almost
five years to N170.05 against the dollar yesterday, falling 1.87 per
cent as the stock market continued to slide, Reuters reported.
In a circular titled, Exclusion of Some Transactions from the RDAS
Window, posted on its website yesterday, the CBN said: “This is to
inform all authorised dealers and the general public that in order to
maintain the existing stability in the foreign exchange market and to
further strengthen the various measures already initiated by the Central
Bank of Nigeria, the importation of the following items shall
henceforth be funded from the interbank foreign exchange market only:
electronics, finished products, information technology, generators,
telecommunications equipment, invisible transactions.”
Credit: ThisDay
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