Buhari declares support for CBN’s deadline on old naira notes, despite public pressure for extension
President Muhammadu Buhari has backed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to phase out the current 200, 500, and 1000 naira notes by Tuesday, January 31. The Presidency in a statement said Buhari insisted that the deadline is “aimed at people hoarding illicit funds and not the common man and that it had become necessary […]