THE Central Bank of Nigeria has disbursed $148m to 29 authorised dealers as part of steps to stabilise the foreign exchange market amidst the recent free fall of the naira.
A statement posted on the apex bank’s website on Friday noted that the sales were made to the dealers on Monday, July 22 and Tuesday, July 23, 2024, between an exchange rate of N1470.00/$1 and N1510.00/$1.
This development comes two weeks after the CBN sold $122.67 million to 46 authorised dealers to promote market stability and reduce volatility.
A week ago, it also announced that $20,000 would be sold to each BDC at N1,450/$1.
Despite this move, the naira has depreciated against the US dollars, trading above N1,600 on Thursday at the official market.
The statement read, “The Central Bank of Nigeria sold a cumulative sum of US S148,000,000.00 in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange market to authorised dealers on July 22 and 23, 2024.
“The sale of foreign exchange was to 29 authorised dealer banks at an exchange rate of 1470.00/US$1-1510.00/US$1.”