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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by HAH: 7:21am On Sep 27, 2017
Dollars earned must be used now
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by psalmson001: 7:21am On Sep 27, 2017
Ok
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by NwaEzefuNaMba(m): 7:22am On Sep 27, 2017
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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by 9japrof(m): 7:22am On Sep 27, 2017
Dreamword24:
Why exactly are they defending the naira? The should leave the market force to determine it.

Brotherly lest tell ourselves the truth, if they allow the true value of naira, guy it would be nothing less than 800 naira, would it be better then?

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by omojeesu(m): 7:22am On Sep 27, 2017
I don't understand.

You don't defend a lion. It only shows how weak our naira is and how bad the managers are.
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by abescom: 7:24am On Sep 27, 2017
BLINGZ88:
its not like cbn is dashing the money to banks, they sell it to them to reduce demand. it is not a good solution and I believe that the naira should be allowed to float. this government should forget their promise of #1 to $1 and try to act positively for the economy.
APC never promised parity with the dollar. If you think they did, provide a link pointing to that. It is the handiwork of mischief makers.

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Xerum(m): 7:25am On Sep 27, 2017
[quoteWhy exactly are they defending the naira? The should leave the market force to determine it.[/quote]

Cos the funds used in defending the Naira for the most part goes into the pockets of a few people. Some people call them cabals. And this is Nigeria. The govt distorting free market processes to favour a few people.
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Bizibi(m): 7:28am On Sep 27, 2017
Mr salam1,is this one of his achievement or you want to relist em again.....
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by HAH: 7:29am On Sep 27, 2017
RZArecta:
Float the dollar just like the Egyptians did, allow investors bring forex into the economy. 9 billion dollars could have built a lot of infrastructure but no, herdsman intelligence.
so how will CBN change dollars earned to naira since what we use locally is naira if not by selling them to those that need it, you speak as if CBN is just dashing the dollars for free, we pay local contractors, salaries and allowances, and states allocation all in naira, do you think the CBN just print the naira and spend it ?

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by 0m0nnakoda: 7:30am On Sep 27, 2017
9japrof:


Brotherly lest tell ourselves the truth, if they allow the true value of naira, guy it would be nothing less than 800 naira, would it be better then?
What does that term mean "TRUE VALUE"
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by bettercreature(m): 7:31am On Sep 27, 2017
BLINGZ88:
its not like cbn is dashing the money to banks, they sell it to them to reduce demand. it is not a good solution and I believe that the naira should be allowed to float. this government should forget their promise of #1 to $1 and try to act positively for the economy.
That is the best solution at the moment! As you said it's not that central bank is dashing out the money,they sold it to saturate the market.We really need to thank Emefele he is doing a a wonderful job take Egypt for example,inflation rose from 18 percent to 32% simply because they allow Egyptian dollar to float as advised by the IMF and now Egyptian are seriously complaining contemplating another revolution.There is no other way than to defend the Naira we just have to thank God price of oil is rising every week

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Myde4naija(m): 7:32am On Sep 27, 2017
emmyspark007:
1Naira = 1Dollars



God punish all those senseless bastardized zombies that were always shouting "Sai Baba". We warned about apc being clueless and how buhari wasn't qualified in all ramifications yet them talk say even if buhari bring electricity bill as certificates dem go still vote am. Sai baba the messiah. Unfortunately them go still re elect am

Zombie o zombie
you really make me laff at that point, why can't you mobilize your fellow wailers to vote him out.
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by 9japrof(m): 7:34am On Sep 27, 2017
0m0nnakoda:
What does that term mean "TRUE VALUE"

What I mean by true value, is the value the naira would become without government interference, the value it becomes just when the market forces determines the price
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by EvilMetahuman: 7:36am On Sep 27, 2017
RZArecta:
Float the dollar just like the Egyptians did, allow investors bring forex into the economy. 9 billion dollars could have built a lot of infrastructure but no, herdsman intelligence.
you really have no idea of what's going on in egypt and why fg had to drop the initial floating of naira do ya?

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by santopelele(m): 7:37am On Sep 27, 2017
why economy no go bad when an old illiterate idiot is in charge
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by SBG04: 7:37am On Sep 27, 2017
These senators are very daft. Nobody is defending the Naira. The CBN is injecting dollar liquidity to boost confidence in foreign investors and portfolio holders. Plus there was a backlog of naira holdings of foreign portfolio holders that had to be cleared to increase their confidence in the Nigerian economy. I'm sure they'll now use these their ignorant claims to start extorting the CBN.

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by amazingspiderma: 7:38am On Sep 27, 2017
The only sector we control in this country is agriculture mainly food production, which was affordable to all before now, yet we removed fertilizer subsidies, thereby increasing the cost of living for the average Nigerian.

Now we are busy selling dollar to pilgrims, business men and sectors controlled by few individuals.
As if the farmers are not investors too, as if Nigerians are not investors too in this project.
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by mrnuur(m): 7:40am On Sep 27, 2017
How much is your salary again?
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by kurungu92(m): 7:40am On Sep 27, 2017
Your Mumu Never Do ? Watr Ipob?
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Dee60: 7:42am On Sep 27, 2017
In Nigeria everyone you meet wants to pretend to be an economist!

First, Senate has a sinister motive, so you should be careful when reading news from them. It may be false. Go to the black market and ask - Demand for USD has fallen significantly. This is because it no longer pays for people to buy dollars and use it as savings!

Nigerian Senate has been leading the fight against anti-corruption. When you hear that corruption will fight back, that's our Senate.

They spend 9 months in a year tearing apart FG's budget but they refuse to disclose to Nigerians how they spend billions of dollars annually.

The lower house has its own - it is called padding!

Now to the Naira - when it depreciates, Nigerians are the first to cry to high heavens! Sorry, who wants to buy a bottle of Coke at N500? In a country where some states cannot even pay minimum wage of N18,000 per month!

Smart countries know how to defend their resources. Britain subsidises tube transport by millions of pounds every day and they also subsidise health. America stoutly defends its agriculture. China protects its Yuan so stoutly, so that they dont get into a vicious cycle. They do that while they develop their agric and industrial base. Once their output is high they can liberalize their economy, because at that point their spendings of USD would have reduced.

There is a lot of divestment going on - Some states in the East have started exporting agric produce. States like Kebbi have grown rice and reduced the forex spent on rice imports substantially!

So, Senate wants to teach us Economics! Start at home. Make your budget transparent.

The truth is Nigeria needs a window, where it protects its currency, while it boosts its local production, so that Naira does not free-float into perdition! Free-floating opens the door for speculators to start piling pressure on the Naira buy hoarding dollars. There is no end in that tunnel!

People talk senselessly about free-floating. Try that when your local production is low and see hyper-inflation speed your economy into doom! Economics 101.

Our Senate is haunted by their many sins. They are the ones holding us to ransom.

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by ELKHALIFAISIS(m): 7:44am On Sep 27, 2017
why do we start having this problems immediately this useless old farmer from duara came in the current administration had made the economy several times worst than it met it.Nigeria is not just in recession but in a massive economic compression; it will be a miracle for the present APC administration to return this country to the dollar size it met in May 29, 2015, if it stays for 8 years, that’s till 2023.It is business as usual; propaganda, lies, double-speak. Current government is fighting corruption, insecurity, but we say to them, enough of the blame gain and do something about it, minus 18 years of PDP in power is their a time Nigeria is Better than those 18yrs Buhari is a disappointment a bad economist his bad economic policies plunge us into this sorry state,

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by BLINGZ88: 7:46am On Sep 27, 2017
0m0nnakoda:
So if the naira floats won't the CBN sell dollars? They still have to sell. The truth is the Naira is just a CBN debt to those who have naira in their pocket.If the CBN cannot defend its debt it becomes valueless and people will even ask to be paid with goats and rice rather than in Naira. In short the foreign reserves belongs to those carrying naira in their account.Your share of the foreign reserves relates to your share of the total naira in circulation. If you cannot get it when you want it the Naira has no meaning
Peole fail to grasp that concept: Naira is a CBN debt or promise. People belive that promise based on the size of foreign reserves
they will but not with the aim of increasing naira's value. the market is so uncertain that foreigners(with dollar) don't want to do buisness in nigeria because the risk is too high without much benefit. float the naira, withdraw regulation on forex and let's see what happens, they are just playing politics with the economy. Let the naira find its place in the world.
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Nobody: 7:49am On Sep 27, 2017
Tenkobos:
Zombies are not interested in what is being done with this year's budget. They believe that proscribing Ipob will make Nigeria a world power in 2020

lmao!
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by sam4noow(m): 7:52am On Sep 27, 2017
voicelez:
Buhari is a terrorist

Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by SBG04: 7:52am On Sep 27, 2017
9japrof:


What I mean by true value, is the value the naira would become without government interference, the value it becomes just when the market forces determines the price
I this idea of market forces is just a romantic kumbaya economic model that doesn't hold water. Even the Chinese rig their yuan to be competitive against the dollar. The naira has been living off dollar handouts since the oil boom years of the 70's. More than 2 generations of Nigerians have been raised on imported goods. You can't wake up In 2017 and suddenly remove the dollar life support from the economy in the name of market forces and in a regime of low oil prices. The naira will crumble to more the N2000 to the dollar because, let's face it, there is no other source of forex supply to the economy than oil. And we certainly can't use our entire petrol dollars to fund imports. So this CBN intervention will continue till we're able to create sufficient supply to match the demand for dollars. Then we can let market forces determine price. But doing that now is like going for a war you haven't prepared for. You will be outwitted on all fronts and decimated.

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by blackpanda: 7:54am On Sep 27, 2017
BLINGZ88:
its not like cbn is dashing the money to banks, they sell it to them to reduce demand. it is not a good solution and I believe that the naira should be allowed to float. this government should forget their promise of #1 to $1 and try to act positively for the economy.

Its not just about $1 - N1. The economy cant grow if dollar is scarce. How will manifacturers import raw materials? How can govt feed the nation if the cost of goods remaib astronomical
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Dee60: 7:55am On Sep 27, 2017
SBG04:

I this idea of market forces is just a romantic kumbaya economic model that doesn't hold water. Even the Chinese rig their yuan to be competitive against the dollar. The naira has been living off dollar hangouts since the oil boom years of the 70's. More than 2 generations of Nigerians have been raised on imported goods. You can't wake up In 2017 and suddenly remove the dollar life support from the economy in the name of market forces and in a regime of low oil prices. The naira will crumble to more the N2000 to the dollar because, let's face it, there is no other source of forex supply to the economy than oil. And we certainly can't use our entire petrol dollars to fund imports. So this CBN intervention will continue till we're able to create sufficient supply to match the demand for dollars. Then we can let market forces determine price. But doing that now is like going for a war you haven't prepared for. You will be outwitted on all fronts and decimated.

Thanks so much.

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Franzinni: 7:56am On Sep 27, 2017
To my Igbo people ...may you live long!!! Unah see how this cow fukar dey perform ? He was once deemed as the Messiah that will bring change and defeat the cleuless one ( wisest man) ...but the change he brought is almost like the one in revelation.

Now nnamdi too is viewed by some as a change bringer and liberator...all nah wash ooooo
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Dalek(m): 7:57am On Sep 27, 2017
It expressed worry that only 10 per cent of the N7.4 trillion 2017 budget has so far been implemented barely three months to the end of the year.
when did you bastards approve the budget??

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Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by soflygerian(m): 7:59am On Sep 27, 2017
9 whooping billion dollars just to defend the naira and only 10% of the 7.9trillion budget has been spent/released. And all most people can do is to hide behind ethnic lines to throw inconsequential jabs.. Really OURMUMUDONDO for this we country...
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Desyner: 7:59am On Sep 27, 2017
BLINGZ88:
its not like cbn is dashing the money to banks, they sell it to them to reduce demand. it is not a good solution and I believe that the naira should be allowed to float. this government should forget their promise of #1 to $1 and try to act positively for the economy.
If at all they are dashing it, it is to people who consume imported goods. I support floating of Naira. If it jumps to N500.00 then so be it.
Re: $9bn Has Been Used By FG To Defend Naira, Says Senate by Nobody: 8:02am On Sep 27, 2017
Joejonah:


Well said senator. No problem can be solved with lies. APC kept telling lies, the situation of the country keep going worse. Lets stop propaganda and go back to the drawing board. Mismanagement is as worse as corruption.

That was misinformation. The reserve grew from $29b to $35b at an all time low oil price of $40 let barrel... You will agree that the cbn is incapay of managing the naira against the Greenberg...

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