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CBN reveals USSD code for e-Naira in Kano

Oluwafemi Adeyeye by Oluwafemi Adeyeye
August 25, 2022
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CBN reveals USSD code for e-Naira in Kano

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),  has revealed *997#  as the USSD code for e-Naira in Kano State to reduce the use of cash in commercial activities in the country.

Mr. Foladun Shinobi, the Deputy Governor Operations of the CBN tagged  the unveiling of the code as an achievement  in rendering digital financial services to Nigerians and their transactions in the global digital economy.

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“Today marks a significant milestone towards achieving the objective of the second phase of the project which is to drive financial inclusion by onboarding unbanked and underserved users leveraging the offline channels.” Shinobi said

He added that the e-Naira presents a means to offer Nigerians limitless opportunities in using financial services adding that it is captured by the slogan “Same Naira, More Opportunities”.

“Specifically, we are here to launch the e-Naira USSD channel using *997# for onboarding and transactions.

“The choice of the USSD as the premium offline channel for the e-Naira is founded in an understanding of the peculiarities of our economy.

He further explained the need for the e-Naira to be unveiled describing the it in terms of reaching out to 150 million Nigerians that own mobile phones.

“Approximately, 45 per cent of adult Nigerians do not have a bank account while 35.9 per cent are excluded from formal financial services.

“However, around 81 per cent of the adult population in Nigeria (86 million out of 106 million) own mobile phones (EFInA, 2021), in addition, there are about 150 million Mobile Subscribers in Nigeria (NCC, June 2022).

Shinobi further said that the e-Naira seeks to” leverage the huge opportunity mobile telecommunications presents as a distribution channel for the offering of digital financial services to the underserved and unbanked population”

 

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