CBN instructs banks to open Saturdays, Sundays 24th March 2023 CBN Governor, Godwin Emefie By Damilola Aina Kindly share this story: Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a coordinated effort to ease circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The apex bank also confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country. This latest development was disclosed in a statement signed by CBN Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isa AbdulMumin, in Abuja, on Friday afternoon. The statement noted that, a substantial amount of money, in various denominations, had been received by commercial banks, for onward circulation to their respective customers, even as it prevailed on banks, to conduct physical operations in banking halls through the weekends. Excerpts of the statement read: “The CBN has directed all banks to load their Automated Teller ...