Pounds To Naira Exchange Rate For Today 21 January 2022

How much does it cost to buy pounds or change naira to pounds?The black market, the players buy pounds for ₦730 and sell for ₦735 on Friday morning, January 21, 2022, after they bought ₦730 and sold for ₦735 on Thursday morning, January 20.

Meanwhile, pounds started this week at ₦730 in the parallel market also known as the black market on Monday, January 17, 2022.

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.