{"id":167677,"date":"2022-03-26T10:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T09:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=167677"},"modified":"2022-03-26T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T09:22:23","slug":"cbns-decision-to-discontinue-fx-sales-to-bdcs-made-naira-worthless-says-abcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/26\/cbns-decision-to-discontinue-fx-sales-to-bdcs-made-naira-worthless-says-abcon\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN&#8217;s decision to discontinue FX sales to BDCs made naira worthless, says ABCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has stated that the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to discontinue sales of foreign exchange (FX) to its members has made the naira valueless.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the national executive council of the association.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eight months ago, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/25\/we-are-yet-to-adopt-cbns-e-valuation-policy-says-ncs\/\">CBN<\/a> stopped forex sales to\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">operators, accusing them of being involved in illegal financial flows and money laundering in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since then, the naira has continued to depreciate rapidly against the dollar \u2014 now exchanging N587\/$1 at the parallel market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ABCON also accused the CBN of criminalising its operations to justify its inhibitive policy summersault, urging its members to \u201cignore those unfortunate pronouncements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt is on records that the CBN policy of stoppage of FX sales to BDCs did not only create higher demand pressure but also made the value of our national currency useless,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt is also a reality that majority of foreign exchange retail end-users can not meet their demands from the so-called professional banks and therefore laughable for the CBN to continue to rejoice over its assumed success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThere is no gainsay the fact that the BDCs remain the most potent tool of CBN mandate of foreign exchange rate management.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The association called on the CBN to consider its members in whatever mechanism of dollar supply to the end-users as it is done in other countries instead of a total blanket removal from the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cABCON members are also aware that the restrictions against BDCs did not make things better. It only made things worse,\u201d the statement adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe, the excos, are not sleeping on our responsibility to ensure that our members\u2019 business is sustained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe, therefore, call on all our members to continue to ignore the CBN\u2019s unwanton labelling against us and continue to give us the necessary supports in ensuring normalcy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cMeanwhile, we are continuing with our collaboration, lobbying, media campaign and stakeholders\u2019 engagements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has stated that the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to discontinue sales of foreign exchange (FX) to its members has made the naira valueless. 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