The Central Bank of Nigeria has cleared the air on directing
commercial banks to dispense and accept the deposit of old Naira notes amid the
raging currency crisis.
Dr Isa Abdulmumin, Acting Director of Corporate Communication
CBN, in a chat with newsmen on Monday, clarified that there is no statement
from the apex bank telling commercial banks to dispense and accept the old N500
and N1000 notes from Nigerians.
Abdulmumin was reacting to a statement by the Governor of
Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, claiming the apex bank had directed
commercial banks to dispense and accept the old notes.
He said, “Governor Charles Soludo’s statement emanates from
him, not the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Central Bank has not issued any
statement directing banks on a collection of old naira notes. I am sure
sometime in the future; the bank will issue a statement”.
CBN’s silence 10 days after the Supreme Court ruling
validating the old naira notes has continued to unsettle economic stakeholders
amid Nigerians’ hardship over the naira crisis.
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