Corps members swap old notes in Benue NYSC camp

    Corps members undergoing orientation at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Benue State have expressed excitement as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) brought its campaign to facilitate the mopping of old naira notes to their doorstep. Some corps members who spoke with our correspondent in Makurdi could not hide their […]

 

 

Corps members undergoing orientation at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Benue State have expressed excitement as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) brought its campaign to facilitate the mopping of old naira notes to their doorstep.

Some corps members who spoke with our correspondent in Makurdi could not hide their excitement over the development.

Woko Chimuanya and Samuel Blessing Collins, said it was a golden opportunity for them to exchange their old notes to the new ones.

“The naira note has been changed and as it is the case most people are struggling to get it. Today it’s a different thing because we are having it at our door steps,” Woko said.

Blessing who acknowledged the challenges trailing the redesigned currency, added, “most of the time because there is the need for us to make use of cash and we don’t get; it’s frustrating.”

The CBN’s Director of Financial Markets Department, Dr. Angela Shere-Ejembi, while addressing the corps members at the NYSC camp in Wannune in Tarka Local Government Area of the state, said that they were in camp to change old notes and sensitise the corps members on the cashless policy considering that they are in national service.

Shere-Ejembi who was represented by Dr. Victor Oboh, a Deputy Director with the CBN, implored the corps members to get used to applications such as e-wallet for electronic money transfer in order to avoid the stress of going to Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and save cost.