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NATIONAL: CBN expects $2bn diaspora remittances monthly, says Emefiele

THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, said the target of the CBN is for the country to attract about $2bn monthly as remittances from citizens in diaspora.

This came from Emefiele hours after the apex bank introduced its new Diaspora Foreign Exchange Remittances Policy.

Explaining why the apex bank is targeting $2bn, the CBN boss said countries that had similar demographic features with Nigeria, such as Pakistan, often received about $2bn monthly from their citizens in diaspora.

Emefiele disclosed this during a press briefing on the new policy in Abuja.

He said, “I’m aware from the data available that, for instance, Pakistan, even in the midst of COVID-19 receives $2bn monthly from flows from Pakistani in diaspora.

“If Nigeria is able to receive even if it is just $1bn monthly or moving close to $2bn monthly, I’m so certain you all know what will happen to the exchange rate in Nigeria.”

Emefiele noted that should the $2bn monthly target be met, Deposit Money Banks would after some time have no need of calling the CBN to fund their commercial operations.

“So, that is why we are saying that we want to aggressively take on this and see how this will help our economy,” the governor said.

He declared to Nigerians both at home and in theiaspora that the policy of recipients receiving their monies from abroad would kick off on December 4, 2020.

He noted that in a bid to block any loophole to manipulate the policy, the CBN had ordered all DMBs to close all their Naira General Ledger through which the naira remittances were hitherto being carried out.

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