James Sowole in Akure
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has
once more warned against mutilating the naira. It also warned that any
person caught handling the nation’s currency badly would be jailed for
five years or given an option of N50,000 fine.
The Assistant Director, Currency
Operation Department of the CBN, Mr. Benedict Maduagwu, gave the warning
in Akure, Ondo State, at the beginning of a sensitisation programme for
the market men, women and youths.
Maduagwu, who was among the CBN
officials that addressed the audience, said there was a need for
citizens to develop a habit of properly handling the naira.
” Government uses tax payers’ money to
print the naira notes so it is unfair for us to be rough-handling the
notes. If you continue to spoil the naira notes, there will be no much
money for the commercial banks to give out as loans to you customers and
this will affect our economy. Do not squeeze the naira notes, do not
write on the notes, naira notes put under the clothes because of
bacterial infection to the body. Anybody selling naira
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