Drawings on letters of credit decline by 73.1% on CBN’s FX directives
Foreign exchange drawings on Letters of Credit (LCs) declined by 73.1 percent to US$0.06 billion in August 2020 following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive of discontinuation of third-party payments, using Form M. The CBN on August 24, 2020, directed all authorised dealers to desist from opening of Form M whose payment are routed…