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🚨 JUST IN: "Central Bank of Nigeria Spent ₦464 Billion on Printing, Distributing, Processing and Destroying Naira Notes in 2025". --Report says.😱😳

A recent report claims that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent a staggering ₦464 billion in 2025 on printing new naira notes, distributing them across the country, processing cash, and destroying worn-out or unfit banknotes. The figure reportedly represents a significant increase compared to previous years.

While managing a nation's currency is one of the core responsibilities of every central bank, the size of this expenditure has triggered fresh debate among Nigerians.

Many are asking:

💬 Why does it cost so much to manage our currency?

💬 Could part of this money have been saved if Nigeria relied more on digital payments?

💬 Is the rising cost a result of inflation, higher production costs, logistics, or the increasing volume of damaged naira notes?

Others argue that replacing worn-out currency is necessary to protect the integrity of the naira, fight counterfeiting, and ensure clean, secure banknotes remain in circulation. Cash management—including printing, transportation, storage, processing, and destruction of damaged notes—is a statutory responsibility of the CBN.

However, critics insist that ₦464 billion is a huge amount at a time when Nigerians are battling high inflation, rising food prices, unemployment, and infrastructure deficits.

The bigger question is:

Should Nigeria continue spending hundreds of billions of naira every year managing physical cash, or is it time to accelerate the transition to a more cashless economy?

👇 What do you think?

Do you believe ₦464 billion is a justified cost of maintaining Nigeria's currency, or should that money have been invested elsewhere?

#CBN #Naira #Nigeria #Economy #CashlessPolicy #Finance #Inflation #Governance #lekeeNaija

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