NOA Director Urges Nigerians To Embrace Cashless Policy

The Director, National Ori
entation Agency (NOA), Enugu State, Mr Isaac Onukwube, has urged the citizenry to embrace the newly introduced cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Onukwube, who made the call in Enugu last Monday while speaking with newsmen said the policy would reduce fraud.
“It will also reduce the level of corruption in the country to a large extent. Besides, it will make people to stop carrying heavy cash about,’’ he said.
The director, however, expressed the fear that the implementation would be hindered due to lack of adequate sensitisation of the people.
“My fear is that many people are not aware of the policy and this will affect its implementation.
According to him, “It would have been better if the citizens were given enough sensitisation on what the policy is all about before its commencement nationwide.
“As it is, it appears that the CBN is busy rolling out the policies without engaging the people who are the end users of the policies,” Onukwube said.
He said that the agency would do all it could within its meagre resources to educate the masses on the importance of the policy.