BREAKING: CBN to redesign N200, N500 and N1,000 notes

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes

This was made known in a statement by Governor of the Apex bank, Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday during a special press briefing in Abuja. He said the new design and issues will be effective from December 15, 2022.

He stated that the action was taken in order to take control of the currency in circulation

According to him, the bulk of the nation’s currency notes was outside bank vaults and the CBN would not allow the situation to continue.

“To be more specific, as of the end of September 2022, available data at the CBN indicates that N2.7 trillion out of the N3.3 trillion currency in circulation was outside the vault of commercial banks across the country and supposedly held by members of the public,” he said.

“Evidently, currency in circulation has more than doubled since 2015, rising from N1.46 trillion in December 2015 to N3.2 trillion as of September 2022. I must say that this is a worrisome trend that must not be continued to be allowed.”