No Reversal On February 10 Deadline For Old Naira Notes – CBN
Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emiefele made it known on Tuesday that there won’t be a reversal on the February 10 deadline for the old naira notes.
He said, “The situation is substantially calming down since the commencement of over-the-counter payments to complement ATM disbursements and the use of super-agents.
“There is, therefore, no need to consider any shift from the deadline of February 10.”
This comes as the Supreme Court earlier restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 deadline for the currency swap.
A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice John Okoro, in a unanimous ruling, granted an interim injunction restraining the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and commercial banks from implementing the Friday terminal date for the old naira notes.
However, the governor of the Apex bank insisted that there was no need to shift the deadline.
He also said that Point of Sale agents who charge above N200 for the CBN cash swap program will be arrested and jailed when caught.
The CBN governor further stated that the PoS operators can come to the CBN to be compensated for any extra cost incurred in getting the new notes rather than charging a higher fee to customers.
