The
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has barred nine commercial banks from
participating in all foreign exchange transactions and operations.
According to the apex bank, the commercial banks were barred following
their failure to remit into the Treasury Single Account the sum of $2.12
billion belonging to the nation’s oil corporation, the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The nine banks comprise of three tier-one lenders and another six
tier-two deposit money banks. All the banks remain barred from foreign
exchange operations until they fully remit the NNPC funds into
government coffers via the Treasury Single Account.
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
CBN bars 9 commercial banks from all foreign exchange transactions and operations
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