CBN flags off Awareness Campaign on e-Naira Policy
CBN flags off Awareness Campaign on e-Naira Policy
By Daniel Agada, Jos
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has officially flag off awareness campaign on the e-Naira wallet policy in Plateau State, encouraging Nigerians to key into the policy which makes business transactions more faster, cheaper and seamless.
The aApex Bank said Nigeria has adopted digital economy therefore, e-Naira is instant and stable which can go a long way in boosting the economy and eliminate corruption.
The Branch Controller Central Bank of Nigeria Jos, Tinat Esther Catherine who spoke at University of Jo’s, on Monday, acknowledged that the e-Naira policy is real, after it has gone so many series of testing.
Catherine informed that the policy was launched in Nigeria since October, 2021, adding that Nigeria is the first African country to embrace the policy and Plateau is the third state of the Federation to be enrolled after Rivers and Lagos.
She said they are bringing the policy at the door step of Nigerians because the economy of the world is transforming and the Central Bank of Nigeria would not be left behind.
“This would be done through the distribution of larger technology which would make transaction of the economy very easy. We can use the merchant or individual.
“We want to promote e-Naira in the tertiary institutions across the nation. The purpose of coming to University of Jos is to capture the students and they would take it round because we want school fees to be paid through e-Naira.
” We are bringing it to the University so that with the permission of the Vice Chancellor the parents can start using the e-Naira to pay children’s school fees, do transfer or purchase items for the children.
” University of Jos is the 10th Tertiary institution we are visiting and I am sure this relationship would going to be a mutual beneficial to everybody”, she stated.
The Jos CBN branch controller also opines that they be engaging various stakeholders, noting that “things has advanced and going forward you would find out salaries are begin to be paid using the e-Naira.”
The Vice Chancellor University of Jos, Professor Tanko Ishaya in his speech tasked CBN towards strengthening infrastructural capacity to enable people key into the e-Naira policy.
The VC said the Institution is ready to accept the e-Naira concept and urged the Apex Bank to be wary of those individual that will take advantage of the policy to exploit masses.
He appreciates CBN interventions in the institution, appealed for more collaborations.
By Daniel Agada, Jos
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has officially flag off awareness campaign on the e-Naira wallet policy in Plateau State, encouraging Nigerians to key into the policy which makes business transactions more faster, cheaper and seamless.
The aApex Bank said Nigeria has adopted digital economy therefore, e-Naira is instant and stable which can go a long way in boosting the economy and eliminate corruption.
The Branch Controller Central Bank of Nigeria Jos, Tinat Esther Catherine who spoke at University of Jo’s, on Monday, acknowledged that the e-Naira policy is real, after it has gone so many series of testing.
Catherine informed that the policy was launched in Nigeria since October, 2021, adding that Nigeria is the first African country to embrace the policy and Plateau is the third state of the Federation to be enrolled after Rivers and Lagos.
She said they are bringing the policy at the door step of Nigerians because the economy of the world is transforming and the Central Bank of Nigeria would not be left behind.
“This would be done through the distribution of larger technology which would make transaction of the economy very easy. We can use the merchant or individual.
“We want to promote e-Naira in the tertiary institutions across the nation. The purpose of coming to University of Jos is to capture the students and they would take it round because we want school fees to be paid through e-Naira.
” We are bringing it to the University so that with the permission of the Vice Chancellor the parents can start using the e-Naira to pay children’s school fees, do transfer or purchase items for the children.
” University of Jos is the 10th Tertiary institution we are visiting and I am sure this relationship would going to be a mutual beneficial to everybody”, she stated.
The Jos CBN branch controller also opines that they be engaging various stakeholders, noting that “things has advanced and going forward you would find out salaries are begin to be paid using the e-Naira.”
The Vice Chancellor University of Jos, Professor Tanko Ishaya in his speech tasked CBN towards strengthening infrastructural capacity to enable people key into the e-Naira policy.
The VC said the Institution is ready to accept the e-Naira concept and urged the Apex Bank to be wary of those individual that will take advantage of the policy to exploit masses.
He appreciates CBN interventions in the institution, appealed for more collaborations.
