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New Naira Banknotes to Make Monetary Policy More Effective — Nigerian Central Bank Governor

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New Naira Banknotes to Make Monetary Policy More Effective — Nigerian Central Bank Governor


The Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, has said the newly designed naira banknotes are set to enhance the effectiveness of the organization’s monetary policy and bolster the financial inclusion cause. Forcing Currency Hoarders to Return to the Banking System


According to the Nigerian central bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, the recently launched naira banknotes are expected to force currency dealers to return “hoarded currency [back] into the banking system.” In a speech delivered at the new naira banknotes unveiling ceremony, Emefiele claimed that the new banknotes could potentially enhance the effectiveness of the country’s monetary policy.


Besides helping return the older banknotes into circulation, the CBN governor insisted the redesigned naira banknotes are likely to bolster the bank’s financial inclusion cause. Emefiele explained: We believe that this exercise would help in increasing financial inclusion, moving towards a more cashless economy, and ensuring greater formalization of the Nigerian economy.


According to Emefiele, once the exercise to phase out the older 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 naira banknotes has been completed, the CBN’s job of tracking and identifying suspicious movements of funds will become easier. At the moment this has not been possible because 84.71% of the naira banknotes “in circulation are outside commercial banks’ vaults.” The CBN’s Controversial Naira Redesign Plan


Meanwhile, in the same speech, Emefiele repeated the CBN’s earlier assertions which implied that the controversial decision to relaunch the banknotes had been greenlighted by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.


According to the CBN, the phasing out of the current banknotes is not only long overdue but is “a global best practice for central banks” that must be repeated every 5 to 8 years. However, after the CBN announced its plan to replace the old naira banknotes with the redesigned ones, the currency’s parallel market exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar depreciated rapidly.


As reported by Bitcoin.com News, the naira’s plunge was caused by the abrupt surge in the demand for U.S. dollars versus the dwindling supply. However, after Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began cracking down on the so-called illegal currency dealers, the local currency’s parallel exchange rate improved from just over 900 units per dollar in October to just under 800 units per dollar by Nov. 26.


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Tags in this story Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), financial inclusion, Godwin Emefiele, Monetary Policy, naira parallel market, naira redesign, President Muhammadu Buhari


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Terence Zimwara is a Zimbabwe award-winning journalist, author and writer. He has written extensively about the economic troubles of some African countries as well as how digital currencies can provide Africans with an escape route. Venezuelan Currency Plunges Almost 40% Against the US Dollar, Analysts Cite Crypto Drought as Part of the Problem ECONOMICS | 2 hours ago Report: China Suspected of Stockpiling Gold to ‘Cut Greenback Dependence’ ECONOMICS | 5 days ago


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