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By Emmanuel Adeleke
The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will unveil the newly designed N200, N500 and N1,000 notes on Wednesday, November 23.
Emefiele disclosed this during the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He said that CBN will not shift its deadline for all old notes to be returned to commercial banks in exchange for newly designed ones.
The CBN had on October 26, announced its plan to redesign the N200, N500 and N1000 notes.
It gave December 15, 2022 as the date to start circulating the new notes, while the existing currencies will remain legal tender and be in circulation till January 31, 2023.