Aisha Ahmad, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in charge of Financial Stability, has said she does not know the quantities of new notes the CBN printed and released for circulation.
Ahmad who represented the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, to brief the House on the apex bank’s cashless policy and cash withdrawal limits, while responding to questions from members of the House, said she could not ascertain the exact amount and the number of notes printed.
The CBN deputy governor said she did not want to give a wrong figure.
The lawmakers had on Wednesday resolved that a deputy governor of the CBN should appear to brief the House today (Thursday) in the absence of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who is outside the country to attend to health issues.
A lawmaker, Sada Soli, in the course of the grilling of the CBN deputy governor, raised concerns over the non-availability of the new notes, days after it was released to the public and asked her to disclose the quantities of new notes printed.
But responding to the question, the CBN deputy governor said she does not know the quantities of notes printed by the apex bank.
