The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) data revealed that Nigeria’s external reserves falls to $34.7 billion.
From the data, the nation’s foreign reserves dropped to $34.67 billion on Monday, April 6, 2020 from $34.98 billion on Thursday, April 2, 2020.
It was observed that on Monday, March 30, 2020, what was left in the buffers was $35.26 billion and the next day, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, it dropped to $35.16 billion, before declining to $35.01 billion on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. From the analysis, the country’s Foreign Exchange reserves have decreased by about $491 million this month alone.
Last month, the nation’s reserves depleted by $1.14 billion and the hope of getting it quickly shored up is very dim due to the continual decrease in the price of crude oil at the global market.
Recall that some days ago, Fitch Ratings said the Foreign exchange reserves will likely decrease to around $32 billion due to uncertainty around oil.
Nigeria was forced to cut the 2020 oil benchmark to $30 per barrel from the initial $57 per barrel in the budget signed by President Muhammadu Buhari last December.