•As CBN website stopped publication of exchange rate
The naira has continued to plummel against the dollar at the exchange rate market.
According to Punch, naira exchanged 580 to a dollar on Friday, while the Pound Sterling traded for 780 at the parallel market.
Some Bureau de Change operators who spoke to PUNCH correspondent said that the naira to the dollar was bought and sold at 575 and 580, while the Pound Sterling was bought and sold at 775 and 780.
At the I&E forex window, the naira reached a high of 415.20 to close at 414.90.
The official website of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s licensed Bureau De Change operators, www.naijabdcs.com, used for the publication of exchange rates of the naira to other currencies stopped publication of rates.
This followed the suspension of foreign exchange publication by AbokiFX after the CBN vowed to clampdown on the website, the owner and its patrons.
Despite efforts by the regulatory authority to salvage the naira crisis, the naira lost a margin of not less than 40 to the dollar in two months.
During a webinar earlier in the year which was organised by the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria in partnership with the CBN and other financial regulatory bodies, the association had said that, “ABCON is working with its consultants to revamp the naijabdcs.com to MyBdc.com.”
