{"id":75116,"date":"2022-10-27T13:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adamu-garba-to-cbn-retain-two-official-languages-of-english-arabic-in-new-naira"},"modified":"2022-10-27T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:20:06","slug":"adamu-garba-to-cbn-retain-two-official-languages-of-english-arabic-in-new-naira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/adamu-garba-to-cbn-retain-two-official-languages-of-english-arabic-in-new-naira","title":{"rendered":"Adamu Garba to CBN: Retain two official languages of English, Arabic in new Naira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An ex-presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, and now a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has purportedly claimed Arabic is Nigeria\u2019s official language in addition to the English language.<\/p>\n<p>Adamu made the claim while voicing his support for the redesigning of the Naira, saying it is long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, announced that new Naira notes with new designs would be launched in December this year.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his Twitter, Adamu suggested that the CBN should retain the two official languages of English and Arabic, while effecting the change in the Naira notes.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cRedesigning the Naira is long overdue. One of the giant strides of CBN Gov. Godwin Emefiele. However, wide-ranging consultation &amp; rapid awareness needs to be created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor trust\u2019s sake, the two official languages of English &amp; Arabic need to remain, in addition to the local ones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. An ex-presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, and now a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has purportedly claimed Arabic is Nigeria\u2019s official language in addition to the English language. 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