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Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves have climbed to $48.5 billion, the highest level since May 2013, underscoring a sustained rebuilding of…

On Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, said the country’s foreign reserves rose by 12.74 per cent to $39.12 billion as of October 11.

The big issue, Prof. Ekekwe lamented, was the borrowing of “$billions from US banks, and securing/collateralizing the loans with the national foreign reserves or other asset classes, without informing the Nigerian people and the National Assembly.”