The Central Bank of Nigeria ,CBN has described as false a report which alleged that some faceless agents have been profiting from alleged forex racket.
A statement by Isaac Okorafor Director, Corporate Communications Monday morning described the report as untrue.He also challenged the newspaper which published the story to provide evidence of those colluding with the faceless agents.
Okorafor said in the statement: “Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been alerted on the frontpage headline story in the BusinessDay newspaper on Monday, February 4, 2019 titled: “Exposed The Sleazy Face of N306/$, inside Nigeria’s racket where faceless agents pocket over N32bn annually”.
“The management of the CBN wishes to react to the report wherein BusinessDay newspaper alleges that faceless agents in Nigeria are exploiting the country’s multiple exchange rates to devastating effects and allegedly with the backing of regulators.
“The CBN wishes to state unequivocally that this report is unfounded and untrue
and challenges BusinessDay to provide the names and also verifiable evidence of
collusion between these faceless agents and officials of the CBN, who are
working to perpetuate these so called Fx racket schemes.
“We would also urge the management of BusinessDay to contact the CBN prior to making such spurious allegations, as we were denied the benefit of responding to this article.
“The CBN wishes to remind BusinessDay, as most financial observers have noted, that the Fx rates across various markets governed and regulated by the CBN, have been converging, leaving no room for arbitrage opportunities in Nigeria’s Fx market.
“For avoidance of doubt, the CBN will continue to act in the best interest of
Nigeria and shall ensure it remains focused on its core mandate of sustaining the
stability in the FX market,”Okorafor said.
