Nigeria’s foreign reserves fell by $1.26bn from $41.76bn in October 2 to $40.5bn as of the end of October 30, according to figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday.
The reserves which had continued to shed in recent months dropped by $482.18m from N45.14bn as of July 8 to $44.65bn as of August 8 2019.
The bank disclosed in its economic report for third quarter of 2019 that the gross external reserves fell in the period under review.
Part of the report read, “Gross external reserves were $40.9bn as at September 25, 2019. This indicated a decrease of 8.6 per cent, compared with the level in the second quarter of 2019. The external reserves position would cover 5.2 months of import of goods and services or 9.2 months of import of goods only, based on the estimated value of import for the second quarter of 2019.
“A breakdown of the external reserves by ownership showed that the share of federation reserves was $0.27bn (0.7 per cent); Federal Government reserves, $7.0bn (17.1 per cent); and the CBN reserves, $33.62bn (82.2 per cent) of the total.”
Source: Punch Newspaper
