CBN directs banks to start paying new naira notes over the counter

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to start paying the redesigned naira notes to customers over the counter.

In a statement on Thursday, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said the new directive was to alleviate the challenges that Nigerians are experiencing accessing the new notes, as well as reduce queues at the automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide.