Moreover, in the parallel market, it exchanged for N1200/$1 on Monday from 1113/1$ on Friday.
The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, last week had disclosed that the country would soon receive an inflow of $10 billion in foreign currency to mitigate the forex crisis.
“Erling deserved it very much too, he has won Premier League, Champions League while being the top scorer of everything.
“This award could have been yours today too. I’m sure in the next years you will win it,” Messi said.