IMF, World Bank, Markets, Investors, Analysts Celebrate Naira’s Freedom 

IMF, World Bank, Markets, Investors, Analysts Celebrate Naira’s Freedom 

Author: Africa Business Radio June 19, 2023 Duration: 26:31
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The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the two Bretton Woods institutions that have spent at least 20 years breathing down Nigeria’s neck to let its currency, the Naira free, are today still in celebratory mood joined by domestic analysts and the markets who continue to express joy over the decision by the new government of President Bola Tinubu to reform the country’s foreign exchange policies through the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The head of the IMF Nigeria office, responding to the reforms, said: “The Fund greatly welcomes the authorities’ decision to introduce a unified market-reflective exchange rate regime in line with our long-standing recommendations. We stand ready to support the new administration in implementing FX reforms.

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