Emefiele ignored design approved by Buhari, printed his own Naira – Ex-CBN director

Ahmed Umar, a former Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Director of Currency Operations, said the immediate past governor, Godwin Emefiele, printed his own design of the Naira.

Umar stated this while giving evidence at the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama.

The former Apex bank director said the features in the design approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari was different from the one Emefiele ordered to be printed.

“The design approved by the President had a QR code, which the currency in circulation does not. The positioning of the portrait was on the right side, that printed by the CBN was on the left and the number scheme approved by the President is different from what the CBN produced,” Umar disclosed.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) had on May 15, arraigned Emefiele before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the FCT High Court on a four-count charge.

Emefiele however denied the charge and was granted bail in the sum of N300 million.