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New Naira: CBN Insists on February 10 Deadline


The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that there was no need to shift the February 10, 2023 deadline.

 

He said this during a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the monetary and currency redesign policy of the bank.

 

He said the situation was substantially calming down since the commencement of over-the-counter payments to complement ATM disbursements and the use of super-agents.

 

He also said that Point of Sale agents who charge above N200 for the CBN cash swap programme will be arrested and jailed when caught.

 

The CBN governor further said that the PoS operators can come to the CBN to be compensated for any extra cost incurred in getting the new notes rather than charging a higher fee on customers.

 

This comes as the Supreme Court earlier restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 deadline for the currency swap.

 

A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice John Okoro, in a unanimous ruling, granted an interim injunction restraining the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria and commercial banks from implementing the Friday terminal date for the old naira notes.

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