The Nigerian apex bank says it is untrue that the bank officials and some faceless agents are exploiting the multiple foreign exchange rates to feather their nest

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has described as unfounded and untrue allegations by BusinessDay that some faceless agents and officials of the bank are involved in foreign exchange rackets. The CBN, thus, challenged 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.”

The CBN, which was reacting to the front page headline story in the BusinessDay newspaper of today, Monday, February 4, 2019 titled: “Exposed The Sleazy Face of N306/$, inside Nigeria’s racket where faceless agents pocket over N32bn annually,” unequivocally said there was no truth in the report.

The bank asked the management of BusinessDay to contact the CBN prior to making such spurious allegations, as the bank was denied the benefit of responding to the article before it was published.

In a press statement signed by Isaac Okorafor, the director, Communications Department of the CBN, the bank reminded BusinessDay that “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.”

– Feb. 4, 2019 @ 11:59 GMT |