Naira Maintains Strength Against Dollar As Nigeria Gradually Gets Out Of Recession (See New Details)

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Naira Maintains Strength Against Dollar As Nigeria Gradually Gets Out Of Recession (See New Details)

The Nigerian Naira on Monday, July 17, maintained its strength at the parallel market as it stayed unchanged against the Dollar, Pound Sterling and Euro.

According to NAIJ.com’s findings, the local currency closed the day at N367, N470 and N420against the Dollar, Pound Sterling and the Euro respectively.

This comes even as President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, disclosed that the nation’s currency would remain stable in the months to come as long as the CBN sustains its interventions at forex market.

Gwadabe said that the sustained injection of liquidity to the nation’s foreign exchange market had paralysed the activities of speculators.



He described the calculated interventions of the apex bank since February as one of the greatest onslaughts to the camp of currency speculators in the recent past.

Since the Naira dropped to a record low of N520/$1 in February, the CBN has injected a total of $7.8 billion into the foreign exchange market.

In February the apex bank injected $680 million into the market, $1.542 billion in March; $1.616 billion in April; $2.102 billion in May; and $1.436 billion in June and $390 million in the first week of July.

Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Statistics in a report released on Monday July 17, revealed that the Nigeria is gradually coming out of recession as Inflation in June 2017 declines again for 5th consecutive month.

According to the bureau, inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index, fell to 16.10 per cent, lower than 16.25 per cent rate recorded in May.