THE MEANING OF I AND E WINDOW
Just in case you are wondering what the I and E window is, it is the platform where the value of the Naira will be set from now. It stands for Investors and Exporters Window. The I&E window allows Investors, Exporters, Importers and End-users to meet at a market to haggle and bargain over the value of the Naira vis a vis other internationally traded world currencies. So, for example, it allows foreign airlines who want to get their money out of Nigeria to use the Naira you paid to them to buy your ticket abroad to buy Dollars from Shell Petroleum Development Company, who need Naira to pay their local staff. Basically, several investors, exporters and importers haggle, like how you price garri at the market. The person with the cheapest priced garri gets the most customers, and other garri sellers in the market are then forced to sell their own garri at the same or lower price, or they will not have any customers, and that is how the price for garri is set....