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Nigeria: Closes access points to foreign exchange and devalues national currency

Announcement

17 Feb 2015

In February 2015, the government of Nigeria announced a rule change for commercial cross-border financial flows.

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

17 Feb 2015

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Updated: 17 Feb 2015
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

On 17 February 2015, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banned access to foreign exchange auctions, introduced constraints on local banks and devalued the national currency, the Naira.
 

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