Gold to be traded by Lagos Commodities Exchange

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Gold will soon be traded by the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange.
This, according to the exchange, is with the admission of Dukia Gold‘s diversified financial instruments, backed by gold as the underlying asset.

Dukia Gold said the instruments, which would be in form of exchange traded notes, commercial papers and other gold-backed securities, would enable the company to deepen the commodities market in Nigeria, increase capacity, generate foreign exchange for the government to diversify external reserves and create jobs across the metal production value chain.

The Chairman, Dukia Gold, Mr Tunde Fagbemi, while addressing journalists at Pre-Listing Media Interactive Session in Lagos on Thursday, applauded the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and the Securities and Exchange Commission for supporting trading of gold in Nigeria.

He said, “We are proud to be the first gold company whose products would be listed on the Lagos Futures and Commodities Exchange. The listing shall enable us facilitate our infrastructure development, expand capacity and create fungible products.

“This has potential to shore up Nigeria’s foreign reserve and create an alternative window for preservation of pension funds. A gold-backed security is a hedge against inflation and convenient preservation of capital.”

According to Fagbemi, the company has refinery services to smelt metals with capacity to meet local and international demand.

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