They said removing Arabic inscription from the new naira notes would give all tribes, regions and ethnic nationalities a sense of belonging.
Some Nigerians have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to remove the Arabic inscription from the redesigned naira notes.
They said removing Arabic inscription from the new naira notes would give all tribes, regions and ethnic nationalities a sense of belonging and reassure them that Nigeria does not belong to one tribe.
SaharaReporters reported on Wednesday that the CBN announced its plan to redesign some naira notes.
The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday, said the new notes will be in circulation from December 2022.
He advised Nigerians to take their old notes to banks in exchange for the new notes.
According to Emefiele, the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000.
The CBN under Emefiele has been accused of policy somersault and failure to address the most fundamental fiscal challenges of the country.
Reacting to the announcement, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Media and Publicity, Tever Akase, said that Nigerian languages should be on the currencies, not Arabic.
Akase who stated this on his Twitter account wrote: “Those redesigning the naira notes should ensure that inscriptions of all Nigerian languages are on the currencies.
“If this is impossible, they should remove the existing Arabic inscriptions and leave only English on the new notes. Arabic is not Nigeria’s 2nd official language.”
Also, another Twitter user, Alexander Orakwue wrote:
"I believe this to be right way forward, at least it would also give every other tribe, region and ethnicity a sense of belonging and that nigeria does not belong to one tribe. We should be minded that tensions are really high right now in the country concerning this issue."