Claim: Press release from Nigeria's central bank on the use of foreign currencies is from 2015, not 2024 effort to strengthen the naira
Fact-check: Press release from Nigeria's central bank on the use of foreign currencies is from 2015, not 2024 effort to strengthen the naira
Verdict: a press release circulating on social media in nigeria in february 2024 is from 2015, when the country's central bank hoped to encourage nigerians to use the naira and not foreign currency. it is not part of more recent efforts by the new cbn governor to strengthen the naira.
Organisation: Africa Check
Author: Muktar Balogun
Date published: 2024-02-15T00:00:00