The inability of various government policies to encourage local manufacturers with a competitive edge over their foreign counterparts has continued to reflect on the level of foreign exchange (forex) outflows due to imports.
As rising demand for the dollar pressured naira exchange rate in the first-
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IHEANYI NWACHUKWU
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