The CBN has directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a coordinated effort to ease circulation of banknotes of various denominations.
The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Isa AbdulMumin, disclosed this in Abuja, on Friday afternoon, stating that a substantial amount of money in various denominations, had been received by the commercial bank for onward circulation to their respective customers.
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According to him, the CBN had directed all banks to load their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), as well as conduct physical operations in the banking halls through the weekends.
"Branches of commercial banks will operate on Saturdays and Sundays to attend to customers' cash needs.
"The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, would personally lead teams to monitor the level of compliance by the banks in various locations across the country.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians to be patient as the current situation would ease soon, with the injection of more banknotes into circulation.
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