Cash Withdrawal Limit: Again, FG Makes Fresh Announcement on for Public Accounts
- All cash withdrawals from public accounts across Nigeria will be banned, the Federal Government has said
- This was disclosed by the director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Modibbo Tukur
- The NFIU boss said that the new cash withdrawal limit policy will put civil servants at risk unless necessary measures are put in place
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced its plan to ban all cash withdrawals from publicly owned accounts.
The director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Modibbo Tukur, while speaking at a parley with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, said necessary efforts are being put in place by the FG to stop such cash withdrawals.
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In a statement signed by Ahmed Dikko, the unit’s chief media analyst, the move by the FG is due to the consistent devaluation of the naira and the introduction of a new naira policy.
His words:
“The government is putting all necessary measures in place to stop cash withdrawal from federal, states and local government accounts.
“Because of the consistent devaluation of the naira and the introduction of a new naira policy, section 1 of the money laundering prohibition act is automatically activated."
The NFIU director further noted that most of the cash withdrawals from government accounts which include payments for estacode are often in excess of the cash withdrawal limit provided by the money laundering act.
According to Tukur, the limit and policy will put civil servants at risk of imprisonment.
Additionally, Tukur said the NFIU has already prepared recommendations to the secretary to the government of the federation; all governors; and local council chairs, to direct all civil servants to open domiciliary and naira accounts prior to the commencement of the policy.
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