CBN’s Naira confiscation: A poverty inducing monetary policy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) openly admitted of having mopped up over ₦2.1 trillion of the old ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1,000 notes. According to the apex bank, about ₦900 billion was still hiding away under pillows, sacks, in pits, pockets and streets, forests and homes around Nigeria. There’s a huge disparity between the quantum of money in circulation and …