Whereas the Nigerian monetary authority fixed the official exchange rate at N196/$, there is today a near 50% differential in the parallel market rate to the official rate. The fact that the exchange rate is not market determined, that the price of the dollar is not determined by the equilibrium of
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Olu Akanmu
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