Why ABCON wants CBN to reduce its buying rates for US dollar

  • Currency traders in Nigeria have asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce the buying rate it sells the dollar to them
  • The dealers said the current buying rate of N1.251 per dollar the bank sells to them does not allow them to make profits
  • The development comes as the naira appreciated at N1,247 per dollar from the N1,250 it traded the day before

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The Association of Bureaux de Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce its buying rate for the US dollar to hasten recovery.