The Central Bank of Nigeria has written to all banks in the country Nigeria to stop the use of foreign currencies as collateral for naira loans.
It disclosed this in a circular uploaded to its website on Monday.
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The apex bank said it had observed the use of FCY by bank customers as collateral for naira loans and, therefore, prohibits it with immediate effect.