{"id":142541,"date":"2024-12-16T08:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe"},"modified":"2024-12-16T09:23:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:23:16","slug":"nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nigerians still abusing naira\u2019 \u2013 Joe Igbokwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, on Sunday informed the relevant authorities that Nigerians are still mutilating the naira notes.<\/p>\n<p>Igbokwe said Nigerians are still throwing naira notes on the ground and still working on it at parties, burial, and naming ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on his Facebook page, Igbokwe wondered if the ban on naira abuse has been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cLet me remind the Authorities concerned that Nigerians are still throwing Naira notes on ground and still walking on it at parties, burial, naming ceremonies etc. Have we lifted the ban? So that you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of efforts to disabuse naira mutilation, some Nigerian celebrities were made to face the wrath of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky was handed a six months jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Also, a socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest, was arraigned for naira abuse.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.<\/p>\n<p>An actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, was sentenced to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on naira notes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, on Sunday informed the relevant authorities that Nigerians are still mutilating the naira notes. Igbokwe said Nigerians are still throwing naira notes on the ground and still working on it at parties, burial, and naming ceremonies. Posting on his Facebook page, Igbokwe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":142540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[5192,254],"class_list":["post-142541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-joe-igbokwe","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Nigerians still abusing naira\u2019 \u2013 Joe Igbokwe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, on Sunday informed the relevant authorities that Nigeria ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Nigerians still abusing naira\u2019 \u2013 Joe Igbokwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, on Sunday informed the relevant authorities that Nigeria ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-16T07:17:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-16T08:23:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/sm_1734324769.338063.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Nigerians still abusing naira\u2019 \u2013 Joe Igbokwe\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-16T07:17:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-16T08:23:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/sm_1734324769.338063.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Joe Igbokwe\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-still-abusing-naira-joe-igbokwe\",\"name\":\"\u2018Nigerians still abusing naira\u2019 \u2013 Joe Igbokwe - 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