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Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by dotcomnamename: 10:10am On Feb 24, 2016
The Naira is gradually regaining its value at the Bureau De Change market as it exchanged at N310 to the dollar yesterday.
Checks by our correspondent at the Zone 4, Abuja bureau de change market showed that the operators were buying at N310 to one dollar from walk-in customers as against the about N400 last week.

Speaking to our correspondent on the matter, the acting Chairman, North Central Chairman of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) Alh. Shehu Mahmud said the naira went crashing lately at the streets market largely due to activities of speculators.
According to him, when ABCON realized that, it has taken measures to ensure the value of the naira is restored further.

Alh. Shehu who is also the Managing Director/CEO Fortune Bureau de Change Ltd said to “show the government that ABCON are patriotic people who love this country, we advised our members to stop buying forex from even walk-in customers because the rates were speculative and we stopped. A lot of our members have not been buying and selling in the past three weeks. This is actually what drove the rate down to about N360 initially” he said.

He explained that the BDC operators are buying at N310 and selling at N370. “We are doing so because if we buy higher, we may lose our money. So we crashed the price to also break even. But if you want to buy, you will buy at N370 or N375. It was that action of ABCON that brought down the price but this is still not good enough. We will go lower”, he said.

Meanwhile, the Association of Bureau De Change of Nigeria (ABCON) have said its members are not responsible for the devaluation of the naira against the dollar that as currently witnessed at the parallel market.

The president of the association, Aminu Gwadabe in a news briefing yesterday in Lagos said: “with the intense scarcity of the dollar in the market, the rate is largely determined by sellers and not by Bureau de change (BDCs), we are largely resellers and what we get as margin is a function of the rate we buy”

The free fall of the naira against the dollar hit an all-time high by exchanging for N400/ $ last week but appreciated to N375/ $ by Monday following the president’s defiance on the devaluation of the currency.

Gwadabe said: “the stance of the President Buhari is helping to clear the doubt in the forex market. What we are experiencing is not a realistic rate but a passive rate brought about as a result of rush by people to stock the dollar for long term activities to avoid the effect of further depreciation.


Source: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/business/dollar-crashes-sells-for-n310-at-streets-market/135028.html

Re: Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by EgusiSoup: 10:15am On Feb 24, 2016
This burantashi burukutu goro chewing cow dung eating kunu addict drunk pampers wearing ajala certificateless dullard and his APC e-diots on this forum is plunging Nigeria into some deep financial crisis. How did we even get to this point? undecided undecided

Nigerians should tender an apology to GEJ sad

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Re: Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by EgusiSoup: 10:15am On Feb 24, 2016
When they said there was curroption in GEJ's Government, A cup of Egusi was #50

Today, There is no Curroption according to the burantashi sipping burukutu drunk senile dullard, YET a Cup of Egusi now sells for #80

Please #BringBackOurCurroption sad

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Re: Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by Nobody: 10:16am On Feb 24, 2016
Can someone help me turn the 'soup' above me so its ingredient go go round (literarily).
Anyway the average nigerian is buying pure water @#10 and all other goods in d market re nt reducig price at all.

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Re: Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by khristals(m): 10:32am On Feb 24, 2016
#thenairawillsurvive!
Re: Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by spidey77: 10:46am On Feb 24, 2016
Okay oo..let's hope it lasts. In lair Mohammed's voice #nairaistechnicallygaining.
Re: Dollar Crashes, Sells For N310 At Streets Market by Bitterleafsoup: 4:08pm On Feb 25, 2016
EgusiSoup:
When they said there was curroption in GEJ's Government, A cup of Egusi was #50

Today, There is no Curroption according to the burantashi sipping burukutu drunk senile dullard, YET a Cup of Egusi now sells for #80

Please #BringBackOurCurroption sad

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