CBN Orders Nigerian Banks To Collect Old N500 And N1000 Notes

CBN has ordered Nigerian banks to collect old N500 and N1000 notes from customers.

Newsone reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) led by Godwin Emefiele, has ordered banks in the country to start collecting the old N500 and old N1000 notes from the public with immediate effect.

This online news platform understands that the CBN, however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000.

Newsone reports that Godwin Emefiele-led CBN maintained that the old currencies were no more legal tender.

A source from the bank said the CBN ordered the banks to collect the monies instead of going to the CBN office following difficulties encountered in getting access to the bank.

A CBN official said, “Go to your bank but fill out the form before you go. Go with the reference code you generate. With your code, banks will collect it from you. But if it is more than 500,000, you will go to the CBN and deposit it.”

Newsone Nigeria recalls that the CBN opened a portal on its website and made it mandatory for those willing to return old notes to fill and generate a code.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday, February 16, 2023, ordered the banks to make the old N200 notes available to Nigerians.

This was after President Muhammadu Buhari, said the old N200 note would be legal tender till April 10, 2023, while urging Nigerians to deposit their old N500 and 1000 notes with the CBN.

However, protests which had been rocking different states over the scarcity of the new naira notes made the CBN order banks to collect higher denominations after meeting with banks’ leaders.

The link to make the deposit is below: https://crs.cbn.gov.ng/get-started/new.