Its N735 to a Dollar As Political Campaigns Take Off
No sooner had the Political campaigns began in the Country that the dollar had hit N735 in the parallel market on Wednesday .
According to Bureau De Change operators in Lagos and Abuja, dollar price had increased from N718 – N720 to N728-N735 in the last one week.
A BDC operator at Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos, Bala Usman, said, “It is N728. I can’t go less than that.”
Another operator, Abubakar Jamiu, at Zone 4, Abuja, stated that “Dollar don cost, we are selling at N730, no more no less.”
But the dollar rate hit N735 by the close of Wednesday.
An operator in Lagos Island, Mallam Zakari, said that dollar rate had surged to N735 as at 4:54pm.
“Dollar is N735 and I will buy it for N731. Yesterday, we sold N728.”
However, at the Importers and Exporters Window, rate still hovered around N430/$.
The dollar-naira exchange rate was N431.19 as of Tuesday.
Analysts said the naira had weakened in the parallel market due to increased speculations, falling external reserves, and low foreign exchange inflows.
