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Stop Raid On Bureau De Change Operators, “They’re Not Cause Of Dollar Rise,’ Says Peter Obi

The main opposition voice and Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in last year’s general election, Peter Obi, on Sunday advised security agencies arresting Bureau de Change (BDC) operators to desist because they are not the problem of the naira fall or dollar rise.

Obi said in his X handle on Sunday that the action is primitive and goes to show a poor understanding of the problems.

According to the LP leader: “The recent reported attacks and disruption of the business activities of Bureaux de Change (BDCs) operators in different urban centers across the country by Government (Security) Agencies, are ill-advised and wrongly directed.

“Rather than solve the problem, the action will further escalate and worsen the exchange rate situation
in the country.

“The BDCs are not the primary suppliers of forex nor do they create demand. They only provide a market to sellers and buyers of foreign currency. They are part and parcel of every economy and can be found even in the developed economies of the world.

“To think that the BDCs are the cause of the declining value of the Naira is a smack on rational economic thinking.

“The only way to shore up the value of our currency is to move the country from consumption to production, especially export-led production, and fight corruption, which allows unproductive money to pursue the available supply of foreign currency.

“As long as Nigeria remains an unproductive economy and corruption continues unfettered with people in possession of unproductive excess cash, the value of our currency will continue to depreciate.

“It’s important therefore that government authorities properly understand the workings of a modern economy and channel their efforts accordingly, and stop ridiculing the nation in the eyes of global economies.”

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