ABUJA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank will hold its next interest rate meeting in February - the first since last July - according to a schedule released on Friday.
In a statement published on its website, the Central Bank of Nigeria has tentatively scheduled the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for Feb. 25 and 27, the first meeting under new Governor Olayemi Cardoso.
The naira has slid steadily against the dollar, fuelled by ongoing liquidity shortages that have seen the naira swing wildly in official trading. It has dropped to around 1,350 to the dollar on the parallel market.
Investors are awaiting the MPC's guidance on interest rates, with analysts divided on the likely direction.
The schedule lists six MPC meetings for the year, including in the last weeks of March, May, July, September and November. (Reporting by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
