Why Buhari approved old naira deadline extension — Emefiele

…says 75 per cent old notes now collected …vows to sanction banks ‘selling’ new notes The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday, in Daura, approved the Central Bank of Nigeria’s request to extend the deadline for swapping of old naira notes with the redesigned notes from January 31, 2023, to February 10 2023.