Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal has issued an invitation to the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emiefele to attend a virtual meeting on Thursday, the 19th of January 2022 at 9 pm prompt.
Issuing the invitation, the Nigeria Governors Forum director-general, Asishana Bayo Okauru said the agenda is on the recent CBN policy of redesigning the Naira notes.
The CBN governor, Emefiele had announced the initial decision of the Apex Bank to redesign the Naira note, on October 26, 2022, and Nigeria’s Apex Bank urged Nigerians not to wait until January 31, 2023, to get the new notes.
For the virtual meeting, according to the statement, the agenda is titled: “ The Economic and Security implications of naira redesign and withdrawal policy,” and it has lingered for some time now.
“The discussion promises to foster participation and dialogue between various stakeholders including governments and civil society organisations to come out with a solution to the lingering issue.”
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