BREAKING: Naira Gains Massively As Dollar Crashes At Black Market

Naira has gained massively with dollar crashing at black market.

The Publisher Nigeria learnt that the American official currency, dollar crashed at the parallel market also known as the black market on Monday, November 1, trading at ₦565 per a dollar with Bureau De Change (BDC) operators buying at at ₦555 per a dollar as at 9:15 am in the Lagos market as monitored by Newsone Nigeria reporters who visited the market on Monday morning.

While BDC operators popularly known as Abokis in the parallel market (black market), bought dollar at ₦555 per a dollar and sold at ₦565 per a dollar on Monday morning

At the official market, the exchange rate between the Naira and the US dollar according to the data posted on the FMDQ Security Exchange where forex is officially traded showed that the naira opened at ₦414.12 on Monday morning after closing ₦415.10. This represents a change of -0.09%.

The black market, the players buy a dollar for ₦555.00 and sell for ₦565.00 on Monday morning, November 1, 2021 after they bought N560 and sold N569 last Friday, 29 October 2021.

Even though the dollar to naira opened in the parallel market at ₦565 per $1 today, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not recognise the parallel market, otherwise known as the black market. The apex bank has therefore directed anyone who requires forex to approach their bank, insisting that the I&E window.

Meanwhile, the dollar to naira exchange rate today is coming after Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) led by Godwin Emefiele last month to allow the naira reflect the realities of the market.

The Vice President had said the exchange rate is artificially low and deterring investors from bringing foreign exchange into the country.

“Prof. Osinbajo is not calling for the devaluation of the Naira. He has at all times argued against a willy-nilly devaluation of the Naira,” Laolu Akande, spokesperson to Vice-President had explained in a statement.

“For context, the Vice-President’s point was that currently the Naira exchange rate benefits only those who are able to obtain the dollar at N410, some of who simply turn round and sell to the parallel market at N570.

“It is stopping this huge arbitrage of over N160 per dollar that the Vice-President was talking about. Such a massive difference discourages doing proper business, when selling the dollar can bring in 40% profit!

“This was why the Vice-President called for measures that would increase the supply of foreign exchange in the market rather than simply managing demand, which opens up irresistible opportunities for arbitrage and corruption.

“It is a well-known fact that foreign investors and exporters have been complaining that they could not bring foreign exchange in at N410 and then have to purchase foreign exchange in the parallel market at N570 to meet their various needs on account of unavailability of foreign exchange.”