Abstract
Devaluation is the reduction in the value of the money of one country
when it is exchanged for the money of another country. Devaluation of
currency is an attractive option for nation in recession like Nigeria.
This study looks at the effects and the possible solution of naira
devaluation. The study adopts the use of secondary data of the Nigeria
exchange rate spanning from 1972 to 2020.
The study then recommends that the Nigeria government should diversify
the economy and that devaluation of currency should be the last resort
to the economic imbalance.