{"id":84931,"date":"2021-09-21T13:12:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=84931"},"modified":"2021-09-21T13:12:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:12:35","slug":"merchants-business-outlets-must-accept-enaira-payments-cbn-discloses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/21\/merchants-business-outlets-must-accept-enaira-payments-cbn-discloses\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchants, business outlets must accept eNaira payments, CBN discloses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that the country&#8217;s first digital currency, eNaira must be accepted as a form of payment by all merchants and business outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the apex bank recently said it would launch the pilot scheme of eNaira by October 1, 2021 with Bitt Inc., a Barbados-based fintech firm, as its technical partner.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking when he featured on Business Morning, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, Musa Jimoh, CBN\u2019s director of payment system management, said eNaira is a legal tender just as the naira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cToday, anywhere you present naira to pay, compulsorily it must be accepted because that is our fiat currency,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo, the same way naira is accepted that you can\u2019t reject it, is the same way e-naira must be accepted. Anywhere in this country where e-naira is presented, it must be accepted. So, merchants must accept e-naira as a means of payment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said that similar to the fiat currency (naira), the CBN bears all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/16\/no-recoveries-made-on-stamp-duty-since-2016-malami-writes-governors\/\">liabilities<\/a> for the eNaira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jimoh advised Nigerians to open eNaira wallets, which could be downloaded on mobile phones from October 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe liability of the e-naira money is directly on CBN, which is similar to the cash you hold. The liability of the cash you hold today rests with the CBN. So, it gives Nigerians the opportunity to bank with CBN,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On whether Nigeria was ready for the e-naira due to the technological challenges in the country, he said that he didn\u2019t expect it to be a serious problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201ceNaira is a journey. We don\u2019t expect that on October 1, all business merchants in Nigeria will accept it. We don\u2019t even expect that come October 1, all Nigerians will have e-naira. It is a journey. It will continue to grow,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said that one of the benefits of the eNaira is that it would save the cost of printing new naira notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cRemember there was a time in this country when you had to practically beg business outlets, merchants and others to accept POS transactions. But we have come to a point where traders now beg for POS terminals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cToday the cost of producing the naira and coins is very high. It costs money to print naira in this country. Now, the minting of e-naira is electronic, so it reduces cost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added that charges of transferring funds would be lower for those using the e-naira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On why the CBN chose a foreign firm instead of a fintech company in Nigeria, Jimoh said it had to do with capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said Bitt Inc., which will handle the project, had done similar projects for other countries and already had the capacity and experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The CBN director added that the company would be registered and managed in part by Nigerians while the technological aspect would be handled by the foreign arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe CBN digital currency is not what every country has implemented. We are blazing the trail in Africa. Nigeria is the only country in Africa that is doing it. And so many advanced countries are not doing it,\u201d Jimoh said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cYou can only talk of China and the Bahamas that have tried to do something serious on central bank digital currency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo, the technology is not everywhere you need to be very sure. You cannot use Nigeria as a testing ground and say oh if it works, well, if it doesn\u2019t work. You have to use entities that have done it, that are sure of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWhat we did is to partner with an entity that has done it, that has that experience because we know that eventually, the system is going to run in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo, we also want to domicile some responsibilities here. 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