Emefiele disclosed this in Abuja during the Monetary Policy
Committee monthly meeting on Tuesday.
The newly designed naira notes to be unveiled are N1,000,
N500 and N200 notes.
According to the governor, the apex bank would not move the
January 31, 2023 deadline for all old notes to be deposited to commercial
banks.
On October 26, 2022 Emefiele announced that the CBN would
issue the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, effective December 15, 2022.
However he has said the CBN will not wait till December 15 but will unveil on
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 (tomorrow).
He said, “100 days is enough for any person from any part of
Nigeria to deposit his money in the bank and get his money when the new notes
are released.
“For information, indeed, we are no longer waiting till
December 15th to unveil and begin to release the new notes.
“By the special grace of God, tomorrow, which is the 23rd of
November 2022, the President has graciously accepted to unveil the new
currencies and the new currencies will be unveiled tomorrow at the Federal
Executive Chamber by 10am.”