'The law, which says even after the old currency has lost its legal tender status, that we are mandated to collect these money, ..... And I stand with the House of Reps on this.'
, Godwin Emefiele, has said commercial banks must accept the old Naira notes even after the expiration of the 10 February deadline.
Mr Emefiele announced this on Tuesday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee looking into the implementation of the policy. The CBN governor said he agrees with section 20 of the CBN Act, which provides that commercial banks must accept old notes after a deadline. Section 20 of the Act says: “Notwithstanding Sub-sections and 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...
“But if you have your money that you have not been able to send to the bank we will certainly give you the opportunity to bring them back into the CBN to redeem it. Either you pay it to your bank account or you want to do an exchange—we will give you. You will not lose your money. This is the assurance I give to Nigerians,” he said.
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