{"id":75391,"date":"2022-10-31T17:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi"},"modified":"2022-10-31T18:54:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:54:14","slug":"naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi","title":{"rendered":"Naira redesign: Emefiele confirmed Arabic inscription won\u2019t be removed \u2013 Sanusi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has assured that the Arabic inscription in the naira notes would not be removed from the redesigned currency.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi claimed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele assured him the Arabic inscription would not be removed from the redesigned notes.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the CBN announced it has redesigned the N100, N200, and N1000 notes, which will come into effect, December 5th, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Mixed reactions greeted CBN\u2019s announcement as some Islamic scholars alleged that redesigning the naira was a plot to remove the Islamic inscription.<\/p>\n<p>Amid suspicion by Islamic scholars, some Nigerians urged the apex bank to remove the inscription from the redesigned naira.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Sanusi urged Islamic leaders to verify their information and stop unsubstantiated claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been speculation going round about the change of some naira notes. I heard various scholars commenting, with some implying that the Ajami on the naira notes would be removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the issue came up, we have spoken to some people in the Central Bank, and they confirmed to me that such a plan is non-existent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the misconception became widespread, I spoke to the CBN governor himself, and he also confirmed to me that there is no plan whatsoever to remove the Ajami.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I want to appeal to Islamic scholars to please stop acting on unsubstantiated reports,\u201d he told Daily Nigerian.<\/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. Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has assured that the Arabic inscription in the naira notes would not be removed from the redesigned currency. Sanusi claimed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele assured him the Arabic inscription would not be removed from the redesigned notes. Last week, the CBN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[1570,2140,653,254,661],"class_list":["post-75391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-emefiele","tag-nigeria","tag-sanusi"],"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>Naira redesign: Emefiele confirmed Arabic inscription won\u2019t be removed \u2013 Sanusi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has assured that the Arabic inscription in the naira notes would not be removed f ...\" \/>\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\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Naira redesign: Emefiele confirmed Arabic inscription won\u2019t be removed \u2013 Sanusi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has assured that the Arabic inscription in the naira notes would not be removed f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-31T16:15:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-31T17:54:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19-63600ba0cedb4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\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\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Naira redesign: Emefiele confirmed Arabic inscription won\u2019t be removed \u2013 Sanusi\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-31T16:15:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-31T17:54:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_19-63600ba0cedb4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Emefiele\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sanusi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/naira-redesign-emefiele-confirmed-arabic-inscription-wont-be-removed-sanusi\",\"name\":\"Naira redesign: Emefiele confirmed Arabic inscription won\u2019t be removed \u2013 Sanusi - 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