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Nigerian naira
The Naira (sign: ₦; code: NGN) is the currency of Nigeria. It is subdivided into 100 ''Kobo''.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the sole issuer of legal tender money throughout the Nigerian Federation. It controls the volume of money supply in the economy in order to ensure monetary and price stability. The Currency & Branch Operations Department of the CBN is in charge of currency management, through the procurement, distribution/supply, processing, reissue and disposal/disintegration of bank notes and coins.
==History==
The naira was introduced on 1 January 1973, replacing the pound at a rate of 2 naira = 1 pound.〔Nigerian Central Bank. Available at: http://www.cenbank.org/Currency/historycur.asp〕 This made Nigeria the last country to abandon the £sd currency system. There was a plan to redenominate the naira at 1 new naira = 100 old naira in 2008, but the plan has been suspended. The currency sign is .
Rampant inflation has occurred in Nigeria over the existence of naira. The Central Bank of Nigeria claimed that they attempted to control the annual inflation rate below 10%. In 2011, CBN increased key interest rate for 6 times, rising from 6.25% to 12%. On 31 January 2012, CBN decided to maintain the key interest rate at 12%, in order to reduce the impact of inflation due to reduction in fuel subsidies.〔("Nigeria leaves key rate at 12 pct as expected" ), Reuters,31 January 2012〕
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