Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has described the reported attacks on Bureaux de Change (BDCs) operators as ill-advised.
Abujapress reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and some other security agencies recently launched major operations against BDC operators over alleged illegal deals that have contributed to the free fall of Naira.
But reacting to the action of the President Bola Tinubu-led government against the BDC operators, Obi said such measure will only worsen the exchange rate problem in the country.
In a post on his verified X handle on Sunday morning, tge former Anambra governor said : “The recent reported attacks and disruption of the business activities of Bureaux de Change (BDCs) operators in different urban centers across the country by Government Agencies, are ill-advised and wrongly directed.
Rather than solve the problem, the action will further escalate and worsen the exchange rate situation in the country. The BDCs are not the primary suppliers of forex nor do they create demand. They only provide a market to sellers and buyers of foreign currency.
They are part and parcel of every economy and can be found even in the developed economies of the world. To think that the BDCs are the cause of the declining value of the Naira is a smack on rational economic thinking.
The only way to shore up the value of our currency is to move the country from consumption to production, especially export-led production, and fight corruption, which allows unproductive money to pursue the available supply of foreign currency.
As long as Nigeria remains an unproductive economy and corruption continues unfettered with people in possession of unproductive excess cash, the value of our currency will continue to depreciate.
It’s important therefore that government authorities properly understand the workings of a modern economy and channel their efforts accordingly. “
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