CBN to place sugar, wheat on FX restriction list
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) is set to place forex restriction on sugar and wheat and other selected commodities.
The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) is set to place forex restriction on sugar and wheat and other selected commodities.
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, stated this on Thursday in Nasarawa State during an inspection tour of the proposed $500m Dangote sugar processing facility.
“We are looking at sugar and wheat. We started a programme on milk about two years ago, eventually, these products will go into our forex restriction list.”
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Moreso, he added that the decision of the apex bank to include sugar and wheat on the forex restriction list was because the country spends $600m to $1bn importing sugar annually.
Emefiele urged said Nigerians must work together to produce these items in the country rather than import them.
However, this means that importers would have to source forex from the alternative foreign exchange market instead of the official exchange rate.
The CBN later explained that its decision to restrain importers of milk from the interbank foreign exchange market would encourage investment in local milk production, create jobs and grow the economy.
