ABUJA, Nigeria – Babban Bankin Najeriya (CBN) ta bayyana ranar Talata cewa ta daukaka tunkarar bankuna tara saboda rashin biyan ka’idojin rarraba kudi, inda ta sanya tara kowane banki ₦150 miliyan. Wannan matakin ya zo ne bayan bankunan sun kasa samar da tsabar kudin naira ga abokan ciniki ta hanyar injunan ATM a lokacin biki, duk da gargadin da CBN ta yi.
Bankunan da aka tunkara sun hada da Fidelity Bank, Keystone Bank, Union Bank, Globus Bank, Providus Bank, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa, da Sterling Bank. Hakama Sidi Ali, Daraktar Harkokin Sadarwa ta CBN, ta tabbatar da wannan labarin ta hanyar wata sanarwa. “Tabbatar da ci gaba da rarraba kudi yana da muhimmanci ga amincewar jama’a da kwanciyar hankalin tattalin arziki. CBN ba za ta yi watsi da sanya tunkarar kowace cibiya da ta keta ka’idojin rarraba kudi ba,” in ji ta.
CBN ta kuma bayyana cewa za ta ci gaba da sa ido kan rassan bankuna da masu amfani da na’urorin POS don hana tara kudi da kuma rashin rarraba kudi. Hakanan, ta bayyana cewa ta hada kai da hukumomin tsaro don kai hari kan masu amfani da POS da ke sayar da kudi ba bisa ka’ida ba da kuma wuce iyakar cire kudi na yini na ₦1.2 miliyan, inda za su iya fuskantar matakin shari’a.
A watan Satumba na shekarar 2024, CBN ta fara aiwatar da wannan doka bayan koke-koken da ‘yan Najeriya ke yi game da rashin samun kudi a injunan ATM. A lokacin, CBN ta gargade bankunan cewa za su fuskantar tunkarar idan sun keta wannan doka, kuma bankunan tara da aka tunkara na iya zama farkon wasu da za a tunkara.
Wannan matakin ya biyo bayan karuwar amfani da masu amfani da POS a kasar, wadanda suka zama muhimmin bangare na tsarin kudi na Najeriya. CBN ta kafa cewa mutane ba za su iya cire fiye da ₦20,000 a kowace rana ko ₦100,000 a kowane mako ba. Haka kuma, an iyakance masu amfani da POS zuwa ₦1.2 miliyan a kowace rana.
