Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a coordinated effort to ease circulation of banknotes of various denominations.

The apex bank also confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country.

This latest development was disclosed in a statement signed by CBN Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isa AbdulMumin, in Abuja, on Friday afternoon.

The statement noted that, a substantial amount of money, in various denominations, had been received by commercial banks, for onward circulation to their respective customers, even as it prevailed on banks, to conduct physical operations in banking halls through the weekends.

Excerpts of the statement read: “The CBN has directed all banks to load their Automated Teller Machines, as well as conduct physical operations in the banking halls through the weekends.

“Branches of commercial banks will operate on Saturdays and Sundays to attend to customers’ cash needs.

“The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, would personally lead teams to monitor the level of compliance by the banks in various locations across the country,” it stressed.


The bank, therefore, urged Nigerians to be patient, as the current situation would ease soon, with the injection of more banknotes into circulation.

The PUNCH reports that authorities have stepped up efforts to end the biting currency scarcity that has inflicted pain on millions of bank customers nationwide, after a Supreme Court ruling, and a proposed protest by Nigeria Labour Congress, scheduled for next week.

Mercury12:
Las las bald headed emifi ediot will be arrested.
All these moves now can't make Nigerians forgive you

ogododo:
Buhari and Emefiele una papa. After severe pains to de land.

SmartPolician:
Stop circulating the ugly mutilated naira notes. Print and release the new notes that you people promised us.

Boomkalakuta:


You forgot to call Buhari who Emefiele answer to

Corn robot

Mercury12:

BuBu own nah to sign anything.
Agbawo sign anything signable without checking or asking questions.
So he is part of the blame too you pained IPOB apologist...

Emifiediot is CBN gov so he responsible for this miscalculated and senseless policy at this time.
He takes larger part of the blame

Boomkalakuta:


When buhari ruled the first time he changed the naira was that the fault of emifele?

Or you did not search his history before you joined other mouth odour neighbors to shout sai baba

OPC terrorist

Mercury12:


Why the unnecessary arguments and back and forth? If you want to kee Bubu for what he did years back then go meet him in aso rock.
You are just a pained obi zombie and nothing else...

Mercury12:
no be small suffer. U get money u no fit use am. Oya do transfer. U do am transfer e no go. But dem don deduct money and the other person no see money. All my money wey hang I never see am till now

We don start to buy naira. Naira come turn to Gold overnight. Omo!
E no fit better for emifieEediot o

Mercury12:
no be small suffer. U get money u no fit use am. Oya do transfer. U do am transfer e no go. But dem don deduct money and the other person no see money. All my money wey hang I never see am till now

We don start to buy naira. Naira come turn to Gold overnight. Omo!
E no fit better for emifieEediot o

Boomkalakuta:


A confused OPC terrorist did not know Buhari changed naira before.

Now you are holding Emefele who takes order from Buhari.

Why not hold Buhari oh wait Fulani votes .

Coward

Mercury12:


You so naive.
A boy that think himself smart.
I don't get in dick measuring with boys.
BTW you still yet to make a reasonable point.
Now get off mentions and go wail outside. Pain toxic losers everywhere

ogododo:

When we dey wan se na so brutality bubu dey in 1983/1985,some kids no believe. Dem don witness am now.

Boomkalakuta:



Accommodating landlord without brain

Mercury12:

Abeg gettat