CBN reinstates 9 suspended banks into forex market

By The Citizen

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN ) has reinstated the nine banks that were recently suspended from the foreign exchange market.

The CBN Director of Banking Supervision, Mrs. Tokunbo Martins, who announced the reinstatement in Abuja , Wednesday, explained that the apex bank took the decision after the banks presented repayments plans.

The CBN had on Tuesday banned nine Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) from the nation's foreign exchange market for failing to remit the sum of 2.3 billion dollars belonging to NNPC to the Treasury Single Account (TSA).

The CBN then on Thursday re-admitted the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, saying it had remitted all outstanding NNPC/NLNG deposits in its possession to NNPC's TSA at the CBN.