We provide you the black market pounds to naira conversion rate because we know that our readers are interested in knowing how much pounds to naira is worth today in the market.
To provide you the pounds to naira black market today, we sourced the numbers from several Bureau De Change (BDC) markets in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.
local currency opened at ₦745 per £1 at the parallel market otherwise known as the black market, today, Wednesday, 02 February 2022, in Lagos Nigeria, after it closed at ₦755 per £1 on Tuesday, 01 February 2022.
How much does it cost to buy pounds or change naira to pounds?
The black market, the players buy pounds for ₦740 and sell for ₦745 on Monday morning, February 2, 2022, after they bought ₦750 and sold for ₦755 on Tuesday morning, 1 February 2022. This represents ₦10 change.
The CBN does not recognise the parallel market, otherwise known as the black market. The apex bank has therefore directed anyone who requires forex to approach their bank, insisting that the I&E window is the only known exchange.
“The only exchange rate remains the I&E window, which is the market we expect everybody who wishes to procure or sell forex to get it,” said the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
“I am sorry to say that I do not, and I do not intend to recognise any FX in the market.
“Go to your bank. Even if your limit is above what the bank is selling, put it forward, and we will look into it. If you want to sell the dollar, go to your bank and sell it,” he said during a press briefing on September 17, 2021.