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Nigeria central bank intervenes to avert fuel scarcity

By CNBC Africa
06 December 2016   |   12:24 pm
Nigeria’s central bank on Monday asked commercial banks to submit a backlog of dollar demand for fuel importers for a special intervention. Traders say the government is seeking to prevent the scarcity of petrol.

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