Farai Dziva|Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo has justified the ban on the use of the United States Dollar as legal tender in Zimbabwe.

Moyo made the remarks in an interview with BBC World Services.

“The whole point is for you to understand the whole roadmap from the time we introduced the US dollar and the multiple currencies that depreciated the whole productivity and lowered exports in the country,” he said.

Moyo emphasized claimed it was important for Zimbabwe to take its fate in its own hands by promoting exports to ensure foreign currency inflows.

“It is a right of every sovereign nation to have its own currency and it is a more organised way for exporters to have access to foreign currency,” he said.