The forum disclosed this in a communique issued on Saturday at the end of its virtual meeting held with the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele...
to address anomalies in the country’s monetary management and financial system, especially in the issuance of new Naira notes.
The committee, according to the communique signed by NGF Chairman, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, is chaired by Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo, with governors of Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Borno, Plateau and Jigawa states as members. “We, the members of the NGF, received a briefing from the Governor of the CBN, Emefiele, on the Naira redesign, its economic and security implications including the new withdrawal policy.“However, we observe that there are huge challenges that remain problematic to the Nigerian populace .“In the circumstances, governors expressed the need for the CBN to consider the peculiarities of states especially as they pertained to financial inclusion and under-served locations.
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