The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that commercial banks will continue to accept old naira notes after the expiration of the February 10 deadline.
Mr Emefiele made the disclosure on Tuesday when he appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on the currency redesign and naira swap policy.
He said the decision is in line with the CBN Act, which mandates the apex bank to continue to accept old notes after their expiration.
Section 20 [3] of the CBN act states: “Notwithstanding sub-sections [1] and [2] of this section, the bank shall have power, if directed to do so by the president and after giving reasonable notice in that behalf, to call in any of its notes or coins on payment of the face value thereof and any note or coin with respect to which a notice has been given under this sub-section, shall, on the expiration of the notice, cease to be legal tender, but, subject to section 22 of this act, shall be redeemed by the bank upon demand”.
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AFTER AN ABSURD UNECESSARY AND SENSELESS GRANDSTANDING.
It took the highhandedness of the legislators to bring Emefiele to his senses.