Central Bank of Nigeria releases security Attributes of the Redesigned Naira notes. 

For genuinety the apex bank of the country has urged it's residence nationwide to adhere to the carrier of the attributes of the new naira notes.

The awareness was publiced in a document issued out on Wednesday.

Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, had said the Redesigned Naira notes cannot be counterfeited due to its security features.

The security traits of the redesigned naira was displayed on the CBN website.

“Let me tell you this, these notes cannot be counterfeited because of the security features in them; nobody can counterfeit them,” Emefiele had said after President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the notes.

“What you could only find will be people making photocopies of these notes. If you follow due process to check the authenticity of a currency and take them through the UV (ultraviolet) light, you will find that this currency cannot be counterfeited. The best you will find is photocopies.

“What I am trying to say is that to reduce that incidence of counterfeiting or photocopying, that is why we are saying that the CBN must now, without waiting every five to eight years, redesign and reissue these notes.

“So that those who think they can take advantage of the system by counterfeiting will know that the game is over for them.”

The other notes carrying the security traits of the redesigned naira are 200 naira, and 500 naira