Agency Begins Public Sensitisation On New Naira Notes 

The National Orientation Agency, NOA has begun sensitisation to the need by the public to deposit old Naira notes in their bank accounts.

NOA officials visited Churches, Mosques and motor parks to enlighten the people about the economic benefits of the CBN measure.

The NOA Acting Director in Zamfara State, Mallam  Aminu Ibrahim said the exercise was to enlighten the public on the dangers of continuous keeping of old Naira notes in their possessions beyond Jan. 31 as the date remained unchanged.

He urged the people to discard all rumours circulating on the shift of the date for depositing old notes of N1000, N500 and N200 as legal tender.

He stated that the commercial banks had been directed to cooperate with the Central Bank of Nigeria to ensure that citizens deposited their old money.

Ibrahim said that they had been directed to stop dispensing old cash notes to customers.

He said that NOA was out to reach communities through media and public places, to ensure that everyone complied with the cashless policy.

NAN/Confidence Okwuchi