Naira notes
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar –
The Coalition of Civil Society Groups, (CCSG) on Sunday said that the new redesigned naira notes were symbols of a new Nigeria.
The assertion was made in the popular Watt Market Calabar, by Mrs Lilian Cosmas, Head CCSG, South-South Zone.
Mrs. Cosmas, who called on residents of Cross River to ensure that they visited their banks and swapped their old naira notes for the new ones before Jan. 31, said the policy would help boost Nigeria’s economy.
She said: “Nigerians in possession of old naira notes should go to the banks and swap their old notes to get the new notes which represents a new Nigeria.
“For politicians, who have stockpiled old notes in their houses, it is time for them to go to their banks to swap the currency before the deadline of Jan. 31, after which the old notes will cease to be in use.
“In line with this we have come to sensitise Nigerians in the South-South region, we are beginning with Cross River and we will move to Akwa Ibom and continue until we get to Edo,” she said.
