The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday dismissed the call for
further devaluation by the Emir of Kano, and immediate past Governor of
the bank, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, saying there would be no further
devaluation of the naira.
Sanusi on Friday had faulted the decision of the CBN and the federal
government not to further devalue the naira, and also to retain fuel
subsidy.
He said, “it is wrong to continue with the fuel subsidy. It is wrong
to continue to pretend that you can keep the naira at a certain level,
when the price of oil is falling, without depleting your reserves. You
have to make a choice.”
But CBN Deputy Governor, Corporate Services Directorate, Mr. Adebayo
Adelabu, yesterday, while addressing journalists in Lagos, at the
sidelines of the Investiture of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of
Nigeria (CIBN), responded to Sanusi’s comment saying, “We are all aware
of the CBN’s official position on this, that there will not be any
further devaluation of the naira, and this has been communicated.”
“We have made the official position known to the public. There could
be comments from various quarters of the economy but we have made our
official position known”, he said.
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