The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday warned it will prosecute anyway caught abusing the naira notes.
The apex bank said that convicted person stands the risks of up to six months in jail or a fine of N50, 000.
An official of the Currency Operation Department of the CBN in Abuja, Mr Samuel Shuaibu, disclosed this in Calabar, Cross River State. Shuaibu made the announcement at the commencement of a ‘CBN Fair’ to sensitise campaign for residents in the state on the appropriate use of the naira, according to the Punch.
According to him, the awareness programme was aimed at sensitising the public on the need to accord respect to naira, online transfer system, how to identify fake currency notes, how to approach the CBN for complaints amongst others.
He says: “The naira has suffered abuse from a majority of Nigerians. Today, we find some people spraying the naira in occasions, soiling it, writing on it, squeezing it while others are hawking it.
“The CBN spent a lot of money in the printing of this naira notes. We urge Nigerians to respect the naira and value it. Anyone caught abusing the naira will risk a jail term of six months or pay a fine of N50, 000.”
Shuaibu also touched on the dangers of home banking, which he noted could be gutted by fire outbreak or carted away by criminals.
Make I get the naira and then i go think about the abuse. As man dey hungry or this abuse talk dey shake me. Even sef, I wan carry the crisp note the compyter but i no fit,
All these policies that cbn makes sef. Ain’t they better off getting the natural assemble to enact law? Policies are not law someonw pls tell them that.