Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele has announced the apex bank is planning to reduce the volume of N500 and N1000 notes in circulation “over time”. The governor made this known in his briefing to the media at the monetary policy communique held on November 22nd, 2022. He was responding to questions about the ease of counterfeiting one thousand naira notes and if there are plans to reduce the volumes. Mr. Emefiele claimed the effort is aimed at curbing the inflation rate which he partly blamed on the higher-denominated naira notes. What Emefiele is saying: He started by using the UK as an example; “In the UK they have a denomination in 50 pounds but the most spent denomination is 20 pounds. Nobody spends 50 pounds. If you go around carrying 50 pounds in the UK they will suspect sic report you in fact.” And then compared this with Nigeria… “The reverse is what is happening in Nigeria. Nigerians want to carry N500 and N1000. And in fact, we are beginning to...
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