Breaking News: CBN governor should be sack for introducing new naira note
AAC Presidential Candidate, Sowore Calls For Sacking Of Nigerian Central Bank Gov Over Redesign Of 200, 500, 1000 Naira Notes The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has called for the sacking of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele over the redesign of banknotes. The apex bank earlier said it would start circulating the newly redesigned N200, N500, and N1000 notes starting in December 2022. Emefiele who disclosed this on Wednesday afternoon during a special briefing said the naira notes were redesigned following a request made by the Federal Government. The CBN boss advised Nigerians to take old notes to banks in exchange for the new notes, adding that the action was taken to take control of the currencies in circulation. According to him, the bulk of the nation’s currency notes is outside bank vaults and the CBN will not allow the situation to continue. “To be more specific, as at the end of September 2022, available da...