{"id":172208,"date":"2025-08-01T22:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom"},"modified":"2025-08-01T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:11:24","slug":"noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom","title":{"rendered":"NOA Alerts on Fake Currency Circulation in Akwa Ibom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Akwa Ibom State Directorate, has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake N1,000 notes in the riverine communities of the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release issued on Friday by the agency\u2019s spokesperson, Jackson Ibok, NOA listed the coastal communities where the fake notes are predominantly in circulation as Udung Uko, Mbo, Oron, Okobo and Ibeno.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted that the State Director of NOA, Mkpoutom Mkpoutom, acting on intelligence, confirmed that the act is being carried out by syndicates who flood local markets with counterfeit notes, defrauding unsuspecting POS operators and other traders.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cthey flood the local markets with fake One Thousand Naira notes with batch numbers 364232 and 898248 with blurred portrait, watermarks and irregular security features.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mkpoutom, describing the act as unpatriotic and heinous, said it has the potential to distort the economy.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the public to be vigilant and to co\u2010operate with security agencies, who, he said, are doing their best to bring the culprits to book.<\/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. The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Akwa Ibom State Directorate, has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake N1,000 notes in the riverine communities of the state. In a press release issued on Friday by the agency\u2019s spokesperson, Jackson Ibok, NOA listed the coastal communities where the fake notes are predominantly in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[371,254,746],"class_list":["post-172208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-akwa-ibom","tag-nigeria","tag-noa"],"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>NOA Alerts on Fake Currency Circulation in Akwa Ibom - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Akwa Ibom State Directorate, has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake N1, ...\" \/>\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\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NOA Alerts on Fake Currency Circulation in Akwa Ibom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Akwa Ibom State Directorate, has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake N1, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-01T21:07:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-01T22:11:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754073780.667738.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NOA Alerts on Fake Currency Circulation in Akwa Ibom\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T21:07:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-01T22:11:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754073780.667738.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Akwa Ibom\",\"Nigeria\",\"NOA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/noa-alerts-on-fake-currency-circulation-in-akwa-ibom\",\"name\":\"NOA Alerts on Fake Currency Circulation in Akwa Ibom - 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