Nigeria: Emefiele vows “unyielding” defence of naira

Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele used the post-MPC meeting press conference to reiterate his commitment to retaining controversial FX restrictions. But with strains in the balance of payments building, we believe that the governor will, eventually, be forced to accept that his efforts to defend the naira are doomed to failure.

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