BREAKING: CBN suspends e-Naira roll out

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended the launch of its digital currency, called e-Naira, hours before its earlier scheduled Independence Day rollout.

The suspension was announced by CBN spokesman Osita Nwanisobi on Thursday while addressing the press in Abuja.

The shift in events is to allow other events slated for the country’s 61st independence anniversary to take place.

No new date has been announced for the launch yet.

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The CBN had earlier announced the launch of its digital currency (e-Naira) pilot program in October, citing cross-border trade facilitation, financial inclusion, monetary policy effectiveness, improved payment efficiency, revenue tax collection, remittance improvement, and targeted social interventions as benefits of the digital currency.

In August, the apex bank had chosen Barbados-based financial tech company Bitt Inc. as the technical partner for the e-Naira project.

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