CBN Announces New ‘Flexible’ Forex Regime.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday announced a flexible foreign exchange regime which will in effect replace the existing dual exchange rate regime.

The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele in a statement stated that under the under the new scheme, the official exchange rate of the naira will exist in a single flexible window which will obviously be determined by market forces as against the old regime determined arbitrarily development end months of speculation about the official value of the Nigerian currency adding that commercial banks will retain some amounts of foreign currencies for transactions. Full speech will follow shortly.

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