Opponents of the controversial plan believe proceeding with the move could see the naira-to-dollar exchange rate fall to as low as 1,000 per dollar. nairaredesign exchangerate
by Bitcoin.com News, the CBN’s plan to introduce newly designed naira banknotes is thought to have sparked the local currency’s parallel market exchange rate plunge, where it tapped a new all-time low versus the dollar of N781:$1.
Opponents of the CBN’s controversial plan insist that going ahead with the move could see the naira-to-dollar exchange rate fall to as low as 1000 naira per dollar by the end of January 31, 2023. However, in a defiant statement issued on Oct. 29, 2022, the CBN asked Nigerians to support the currency redesign policy.
“The CBN urges Nigerians to support the currency redesign project which is in the overall interest of every citizen of the country. The hoarding of significant sums of banknotes outside the vaults of commercial banks should be discouraged by anyone who means well for the country,” the central bank said.The CBN added that it had “tarried for too long considering that it had to wait 20 years to carry out a redesign.
The planned injection of new 100, 200, 500, and 1,000-naira banknotes into circulation is set to commence on December 15. Nigerians are expected to return the old notes by the end of January 2023. While critics of the currency redesign plan have called on the CBN to extend the deadline or drop the plan altogether, the latest local reports quote President Buhari expressing his support for the move.
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