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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Nigeria\u2019s External Reserves is steadily growing and currently stands at $46 billion. The CBN spokesman, Isaac Okoroafor, said in a statement on Sunday that the reserves grew by about $3.2 billion between February and March 2018.<\/p>\n

He said that the reserves at the beginning of 2018 stood at $39.3 billion, then rose to $42.8 billion in February before hitting the new high of $46 billion. Mr. Okoroafor attributed the continued accretion to the country\u2019s reserves to the Bank\u2019s effort at vigorously discouraging unnecessary importation and reducing the nation\u2019s import bill, inflow from oil and non-oil exports.<\/p>\n

He also attributed the increase to the huge inflows through the investors and exporters window of the foreign exchange market, which he said had attracted over $33 billion since April 2017, when it was created.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Bank\u2019s interventions in the foreign exchange window had also helped to moderate the pressure on the foreign exchange reserves by sustaining liquidity in the market and boosting production and trade.<\/p>

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Mr. Okoroafor also said that the CBN policy restricting access to foreign exchange from Nigeria\u2019s foreign exchange market to importers of some 41 items had made a huge impact on the status of Nigeria\u2019s reserves.<\/p>\n

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