The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has debunked the emerging report that financial transaction will be shut down starting from Thursday, 23rd of February, till Monday, 27th of February, 2023 due to forthcoming general election.
According to a statement disclosed via the apex bank Instagram handle on Wednesday, CBN revealed that, “Please be wary of fake news!”
In the circular CBN debunked, the transaction shutdown was to make sure politicians are unable to buy vote.
The purported circular reads, “CBN plans to shut down financial transaction from Thursday 23 of February till 27th of February. Go and stock your home.
“Anyhow you can get money between today and tomorrow, get and keep it, also whatever transfer you want to do, do it between today and tomorrow, information am hearing is that, as from Thursday, bank network will go off till Sunday or Monday, so that polititian will not be able to transfer money to anybody for vote, so buy enough food at
home, do ur transfer now. Because the next five days will be difficult pls.”
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