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To everyone that knows the importance of foreign reserve, there is indeed a serious cause for concern. First it is the buffer reserve we use to balance out payments against international trade. It is the determinant of our national exchange rate or the strength of our national currency. It is also what creditors use as yardstick to give us loan.

The Nigerian external reserve has decreased by $3.22 billion. The development stems from the reserve being $45.07 billion as at the end of June, 2019 to $41.85 billion, by the end of September 2019.

In preparation for that, the FG set some targets for expansion in automated payment infrastructure and platforms. This includes achieving 203.6 ATM units and 856 POS units per 100,000 adult population by 2020 among other targets.