The Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, has put precautionary measures in place against future attacks on commercial banks in Benue State.

The development followed the attack on some banks in Otukpo town, Benue State, by armed robbers on Friday, October 20, 2023.

The CBN took the measures at an emergency meeting with the management of the affected banks in Makurdi, Benue State capital.

In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the CBN, among other decisions, directed that “all banks and her branches across the state with immediate effect [sic] commence her business operations from 8am-2pm, Monday to Friday till January 30, 2024, when a review of the security situation will be carried out at the Bankers Committee for amendment accordingly”.

The communiqué further stated that the Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) support be increased to two hundred thousand naira (N200,000.00) for Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) while CBN is increased to five hundred thousand naira (N500,000.00).

“Each bank is mandated to make its payment on or before October 27, 2023,” the communique directed.

Esther125:
The Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, has put precautionary measures in place against future attacks on commercial banks in Benue State.

The development followed the attack on some banks in Otukpo town, Benue State, by armed robbers on Friday, October 20, 2023.

The CBN took the measures at an emergency meeting with the management of the affected banks in Makurdi, Benue State capital.

In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the CBN, among other decisions, directed that “all banks and her branches across the state with immediate effect [sic] commence her business operations from 8am-2pm, Monday to Friday till January 30, 2024, when a review of the security situation will be carried out at the Bankers Committee for amendment accordingly”.

The communiqué further stated that the Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) support be increased to two hundred thousand naira (N200,000.00) for Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) while CBN is increased to five hundred thousand naira (N500,000.00).

“Each bank is mandated to make its payment on or before October 27, 2023,” the communique directed.

https://.ng/2023/10/25/otukpo-robbery-cbn-directs-banks-to-open-from-8am-to-2pm-in-benue/

benuejosh:
Otukpo is not too far from Enugu.

benuejosh:
Otukpo is not too far from Enugu.

Xxxxtentacion2:
where were you when fulani was busy slaughtering your people like cows... your own is to come online and type rubbish on behalf of apc.. you surpose get shame aswear .

LadyRosa:



No mind that premium idi*ot!
I visited makurdi last week and the level of poverty there is an eyesore! They are lucky to have fertile soil for food, but to buy other basic things is a major challenge, I no want talk about the fact that some villages are killing themselves due to boundary rivalry, apart from the fulani menaces.

He had to drag Enugu into his generational madness.