My people, gather here make I yarn you beta gist wey don drop from CBN!
Na so e be, the Central Bank of Nigeria don announce say dem wan bring new policy wey go help fix the wahala wey dey happen for debit card issuance and ATM operations. Na wetin the governor of CBN, Yemi Cardoso tok through him Special Adviser, Fatai Karim, during di 2026 Conference wey dem hold for Bank Operations.
The new policy go make sure say di number of cards wey banks dey issue go match wetin dem get for ATM wey dey work. You sabi say sometimes e be like say ATM dey play hide and seek? This one go reduce di wahala of congestion and downtime for ATM wey dey cause everybody plenty headache.
Dem talk say e no dey sweet at all, as ATM con dey fall like 9ja rain, and cash shortages dey make people lose trust for electronic payment. In fact, as digital transactions dey increase, dem no fit keep up. CBN no wan make this payment system dey shaky anytime e rain cash wahala.
Fatai Karim come add say dem dey carry everybody along because CBN dey involve all di big boys for di industry. He talk say we fit see di new policy sharp sharp, maybe before second quarter of 2026 go reach.
This movement no be just for CBN oh, e go help banks sef, as e go boost di reliability of ATM dem plus restore di confidence wey people get for di electronic payment system wey dey grow for Naija.
So my pipo, we go dey look forward to when dis policy go land because e go make cash access beta for all of us and keep our pockets happy!
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