Expert Calls For Action As Finance Minister Blames Naira Crash On $6.8bn Overdue Payment

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun has blamed the depreciation of the naira on the country’s overdue foreign exchange forwards of $6.8bn.

Wale Edun who accompanied President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to New York for the United Nations General Assembly said this as the naira slumped to $995 per dollar at the parallel market on Thursday.