Banks announce availability of new naira notes in ATMs, but scarcity persists

Commercial banks in the last 24 hours have been sending messages to Nigerians announcing the availability of the new naira notes.

In messages sent to their customers on Monday, January 9, 2022, a couple of banks in Nigeria indicated that the new notes can now be accessed on their ATMs.

The banks’ messages followed an order from the Central Bank of Nigeria that banks should load their ATMs with the new notes.