The Central Bank of Nigeria said that both old and new notes
are now legal tender.
The Acting Director of Corporate Communications CBN, Dr Isa
Abdulmumin disclosed this on Tuesday.
He affirmed that commercial banks have started issuing both
the old and new notes to their customers.
But insisted that the apex bank is yet to issue an official
statement.
He said, “Banks are paying old notes as well as new notes.
They are all legal tender.
“Yes, the CBN has not issued an official statement on the
issue. Anyone banks give to you, you can collect. We just want to make life
easy for Nigerians.”
Last week, the Supreme Court gave its verdict on Naira
redesign, directing the federal government to allow the validity of N200, N500
and N1000 notes till 31 December.
In response to the ruling, some banks on Monday that some
banks in Abuja and Lagos have started issuing the old notes to customers.
But, traders, business owners and motorists are not
accepting the old notes.
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