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#Emefiele says 1tn Naira made available to manufacturing and agric sectors - 856bn has been disbursed to 77 companies; 36 Agro-based, 30 in services and 11 in mining tailored towards employment generating and output stimulating sectors of the economy at 5% interest rate. #CBNMPC

#MPC pushes for additional 100bn Naira for Targeted Credit Facility to stimulate growth.

#Emefiele optimistic that security agencies are doing their best to tackle insecurity, hopeful that security challenges confronting Nigeria will abate by end of 2021.

#CBN did not devalue the Naira, we are running a managed float regime and all transactions are bench-marked against the NAFEX rate - #Emefiele

#CBN is able to fund all legitimate domestic import obligations of people who need foreign exchange and we will not shirk our responsibility in this area - #Emefiele

Data shows that close to 600bn has been disbursed to various interventions of the CBN and out of that, 300bn has been disbursed to beneficiaries in southern part of the country - #Emefiele