Naira Naira Notes: Again, CBN insists on Jan 31 deadline
The Central Bank of Nigeria has again said that the January 31 deadline for the validity of the old 200, 500 and 1,000 naira notes remains unchanged.
This is as calls from various quarters have poured in pleading and demanding with the apex bank to shift grounds and extend the deadline in order to allow Nigerians more time to return their old notes to deposit money banks, better known as commercial banks.
But refusing to yield to pressure, the apex bank, via its verified Twitter page, insisted on Saturday evening that the January 31, 2023 deadline remains.
Reposting a video of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, from the just concluded Monetary Policy Committee meeting, the apex bank said, “Deadline for the return of old series of 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes remains January 31 2023.”
While in the video posted Emefiele said, “Unfortunately, I don’t have good news for those who feel we should shift the deadline, my apologies.
“The reason is because, just like the president has said more than two occasions and even to some people privately, 100 days is more than enough for anybody who has the old currency to deposit it in the banks. And we took every measure to ensure that all the banks were and are still open to accept deposits.”
Nigerians will still wait for the last day and start screaming to extend it
This is nonsense,on the issue of submitting old notes to get New notes,when his excellency good luck ebele Jonathan introduced the new one hundred naira nobody submitted the old one but now the old one is no more.
Why is it had for people to learn good things,worst of all the color of the new currency fades away immediately it touches water.
That is to say the Government is not printing new currency but changing d color of the old ones submitted to become new currency.
Na wa o.