Latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) website shows that the nation’s external reserves fell to $46.257bn on August 20, from $47.119bn at the end of July, 2018, representing a decline of $862.23m, or 1.82%. Month-on-Month however, the reserves level fell by $1.13bn or 2.38% from $47.388bn on July 20, 2018, returning to a level it last touched on March 29, when it hit $47.257bn as it climbed upward. The reserves level had risen from $38.765bn at the end of December 2017, peaking at $47.865bn on May 5, 2018, accumulating a robust $9.099bn, or 23.47% within the period. Thereafter, it began a gradual decline, owing to the exit of foreign portfolio investors due to the mounting concerns over the 2019 elections. In his personal commenting at the April meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), released by the CBN, a member, Prof. Adeola Adenikinju, a member, noted the need for the “maintenance of adequate foreign reserves as a hedge against reversal in portfolio ...