Intrigues As CBN Makes Strategic Move to Address Naira Scarcity, Outsmarts Governors

Intrigues As CBN Makes Strategic Move to Address Naira Scarcity, Outsmarts Governors


  • The CBN is prepared to distribute about N1trn to commercial banks in Nigeria to relieve people from the suffering of the naira scarcity
  • A board member of the apex bank, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, disclosed the new move by the bank
  • The distribution of such an amount of money can be considered a strategic move to outsmart some governors who are challenging the naira policy in court already

FCT, AbujaThere are indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may pump more new naira notes into circulation through commercial banks today, Monday, February 13.

According to The Nation, about N500 billion new notes have been pumped into circulation since December 2022.

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CBN sets to share N1trn new cash notes with commercial banks
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When will new notes be available?

A member of the CBN board who spoke on condition of anonymity disclosed that the apex bank would distribute about N1 trillion into circulation through commercial banks on Monday.

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The statement of the CBN board member reads in part:

“The CBN will do the needful to ensure that innocent Nigerians’ pains are eliminated. To this end, more new naira notes will be allocated to the banks from Monday for disbursing to the public.”

The new move of the apex bank will outsmart the claim by some governors that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele has some hidden agenda with the policy as it collided with the election period.

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No less than 7 states are already in court to challenge the policy of the federal government, adding that it has brought more hardship to the people.

Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states have challenged the policy at the supreme court which later granted an interim injunction against the federal government on the further implementation of withdrawing the old notes from circulation.

The court is expected to sit on Wednesday, February 15, and properly hear the arguments of the state governments.

Why naira scarcity will promote vote buying on election day

Legit.ng earlier reported that the absence of the naira may push many Nigerians to sell their votes on election day and have cash at hand for their businesses and other basic needs.

Statistics from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) show that more than 60 per cent of Nigerians are unbanked, suggesting that the larger percentage of the population the apex bank is asking to buy its cashless policy do not have bank accounts to do so.

M.I Mustapha, the counsel of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara state, referenced the CBN statistic when he sought the supreme court injunction to stop the federal government from further implementation of its February 10 deadline to make the old notes a legal tender.

Source: Legit.ng




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