The redesign of naira note has led to a 95.9 percent decrease in Commercial banks’ deposits with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), known as Standing Deposit Facility (SDF). According to the data obtain from the CBN’s website,banks’ deposit with their regulator (CBN) dropped to N4.69 billion as of April 4, 2023 from N112.24 billion in February 10, 2023. According to CBN,deposit and lending are instrument of liquidity management. On October 26, 2022, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that the high Naira value of N200, N500 and N1,000 would be redesigned and introduced into the economy from December 15, 2022 while commercial banks were directed to return existing denominations to the CBN. The public had until the deadline of January 31 (extended to February 10 and 17) to return the old currency to commercial banks. The CBN also limited over-the-counter cash withdrawal to N100,000 and N500,000 per week for individual and corporate organisations, respectively. This was...
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