Black Market Pounds To Naira Exchange Rate February 3, 2022.
Gatekeepers News has obtained black market Pounds to Naira exchange rate for today 3rd February 2022 and can be accessed below.
On this page, we bring to you the black market pounds to naira exchange rate because our readers will love to know how much is pounds to naira today in the market. We have therefore sourced the figures from various Bureau De Change (BDC) markets in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city to give you the pounds to naira black market today.
Gatekeepers News reports that the local currency opened at ₦745 per £1 at the parallel market otherwise known as the black market, today, Thursday, 03 February 2022, in Lagos Nigeria, after it closed at ₦755 per £1 on Wednesday, 02 February 2022.
How much does it cost to buy pounds or change naira to pounds?
Gatekeepers News reports that in the black market, the players buy pounds for ₦740 and sell for ₦745 on Thursday morning, February 2, 2022, after they bought ₦750 and sold for ₦755 on Wednesday morning, February 2, 2022. This represents ₦10 change.
Meanwhile, Gatekeepers News reports that the euro started this week at ₦755 in the parallel market also known as the black market on Monday, January 31, 2022.
The CBN does not recognise the parallel market, otherwise known as the black market. The apex bank has therefore directed anyone who requires forex to approach their bank, insisting that the I&E window is the only known exchange.
“The only exchange rate remains the I&E window, which is the market we expect everybody who wishes to procure or sell forex to get it,” said the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
“I am sorry to say that I do not, and I do not intend to recognise any FX in the market.
“Go to your bank. Even if your limit is above what the bank is selling, put it forward, and we will look into it. If you want to sell the dollar, go to your bank and sell it,” he said during a press briefing on September 17, 2021.
Checks by Gatekeepers News reveal uncertainty in the market as prices move up and down in a directionless manner, thereby making it unreliable.
