The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday intervened in the inter-bank foreign exchange(forex) market to the tune of $250 million in three segments of the market.
In the wholesale segment of the inter-bank foreign exchange market, it sold $100 million and also uplifted the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and invisible segments with the sum of $85 million and $65 million respectively.
Mr. Isaac Okorafor, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, while responding to media enquiries, disclosed that the apex bank would pump even more liquidity into the market in the coming days, noting that the move by the CBN was necessary to enhance stability in the forex market.
He explained that in a bid to improve liquidity and ameliorate challenges encountered by critical stakeholders at this time of the year, the bank had ensured that pressures on the market from those seeking forex for school fees and vacations were eased. He said further that the bank has kept faith with its resolve to ensure that there is sustained liquidity to meet genuine requests for forex.