‘It’s fake news, banks not shutting down’
The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB), has reacted to a viral message that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was shutting down banking services for five days from Thursday, February 23 to Monday, February 27, 2023.
Reacting to the news the spokesperson for ACAMB, Rasheed Bolarinwa in a statement on Thursday, assured Nigerians that viral message that is being circulated is fake.
“Members of the public should discountenance the trending message maliciously concocted by its faceless authors to cause disaffection among the citizenry and the DMBs
“Also, customers who wish to carry out transfers or use electronic banking services will have unhindered access to these services before, during, and after the elections.
“No deposit money banks or other institutions providing financial services have received any directive or communication from the CBN to close the doors of their banking halls or shut their digital platforms and online banking channels against their customers because of elections.
“ACAMB urges Nigerians not to panic and to also avoid uncontrolled spending as a result of the fake news about the alleged plan to shut down bank branches and all digital banking channels.”
