The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin
Emefiele, has said the February 10 deadline of the circulation of old naira notes
stands.
Emefiele made the disclosure while briefing the diplomatic
community at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Tuesday.
“The situation is substantially calming down since the
commencement of over-the-counter payments to complement ATM disbursements and
the use of super-agents. There is, therefore, no need to consider any shift
from the deadline of February 10,” he said.
The clarification is coming on the heels of confusion over
the Supreme Court order which extended the deadline to February 15, pending the
hearing by the court.
Nigerians were thrown into confusion as commercial banks
refused to take the old notes at their branches on Monday.
Speaking further, Emefiele said, “Some of our leaders are
buying the new notes and storing them for whatever purpose and I will not
expand further on that.”
Emefiele said the apex bank acknowledges the suffering of
Nigerians, noting that effective implementation of the policy could scrap 4% of
the inflation numbers.
He further explained that the optimal volume of cash in
circulation should be around N700billion.
He said: “Even if we say N1trillion should be in
circulation, we cannot refloat N3.7trillion into circulation.”
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