{"id":46055,"date":"2016-01-29T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46055"},"modified":"2016-01-29T23:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:28:07","slug":"buhari-takes-over-central-bank-naira-management-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-takes-over-central-bank-naira-management-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Takes Over Central Bank Naira Management – Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammadu Buhari erased any doubt about who is in charge of currency policy in Africa\u2019s biggest economy — to the detriment of the central bank\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

Buhari said that he won\u2019t \u201ckill the naira\u201d by allowing it to be devalued and that a weaker currency will only result in higher inflation and hardship for the country\u2019s poor- and middle-class. His comments to Nigerians living in Kenya on Wednesday came only a day after Governor Godwin Emefiele resisted pressure to depreciate the naira despite a plunge in oil prices that\u2019s slashed revenue in Africa\u2019s biggest crude producer.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely the independence of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the moment is undermined,\u201d Robert Omotunde, an analyst at Afrinvest West Africa Ltd., which manages the equivalent of $500 million, said by phone from Lagos. \u201cIt further dampens confidence in the Nigerian market. The argument for devaluation is so overwhelming on all fronts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emefiele this week stuck to foreign-exchange restrictions that have caused capital flight, curbed output and led to the naira dropping to a record low on the black market. The central bank has pegged the currency at 197-199 per dollar since March to stem its slide amid a rout in oil prices.
\nMore Convincing<\/p>\n

While Buhari\u2019s \u201cmind is open and he\u2019s prepared to listen to other arguments,\u201d the central bank \u201cis not a sovereign entity\u201d and accounts to the presidency and Parliament, Garba Shehu, a spokesman for the president, said by phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thinking of the president is informed by advice from the central bank,\u201d Shehu said. \u201cHe meets with the governor at least once a week, sometimes more than once. The president is in the loop.\u201d<\/p>\n

The central bank will hold a meeting with foreign-exchange officers from commercial lenders on Feb. 4 at 9 a.m. in Lagos. The aim is to discuss developments in the currency market and \u201coffer contributions in charting the direction for 2016,\u201d it said in a statement dated Jan. 27 and published on its website on Friday.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Mu\u2019azu, a spokesman in Abuja for the central bank, didn\u2019t answer two calls to his mobile phone or immediately respond to a text message requesting comment. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said in an interview last week that the central bank was \u201ccompletely independent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buhari\u2019s critics will have to work much harder to convince him that \u201cordinary Nigerians will gain anything\u201d from a devaluation, Shehu said separately in a statement on Thursday. That\u2019s despite the policy causing a shortage of foreign-exchange and being criticized by investors and businesses for exacerbating the economic slump.
\nRecession Risk<\/p>\n

The International Monetary Fund said growth was 3 percent in 2015, the slowest pace since 1999. A recession this year cannot be ruled out \u201cshould the status quo remain,\u201d Andrea Masia, a Johannesburg-based analyst at Morgan Stanley, said in a research note on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like Emefiele\u2019s just left it to Buhari,\u201d Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mark Bohlund said on Friday. \u201cIn the near term, monetary policy decisions look likely to be steered by the president, and according to policy prescriptions from another era.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buhari, 73, is a former general who last ruled Nigeria from 1983 to 1985.<\/p>\n

Three-month naira forwards weakened 0.2 percent to 227 per dollar as of 3:12 p.m. in Lagos. That\u2019s pared the best weekly advance on record, with the contracts rallying about 10 percent as traders scaled back the size of a potential currency devaluation following Emefiele\u2019s decision on Tuesday. The black market rate has plunged, falling to a record 307 this week.<\/p>\n

The governor called for coordination of fiscal and monetary policies to help steer the economy away from oil dependence, while offering few hints on whether he is ready to ease controls to compensate for a decline in crude prices, which have almost halved since June to about $35 a barrel. Nigeria relies on oil for most exports and two-thirds of government revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne would have expected the CBN to take decisions that are in the interest of the country, not whether the president likes the decision or not,\u201d Afrinvest\u2019s Omotunde said. \u201cFor the CBN to refuse to devalue at this point in time is enough reason for most foreign investors to stay away from the market.\u2019<\/p>\n

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