The
Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday evening announced that it will
introduce the N5, 000 note into the system, but contrary to
speculations that CBN planned to use Nigeria's late former president,
Umar Musa Yar'adua's face on the note, it has now been announced that
the faces of three late prominent Nigerian female activists will be
used on the new notes which will be launched next year!
The women are:
The women are:
1. Margaret Ekpo: late politician and social mobilizer (1914 - 2006)
2. Hajia Gambo Sawaba: late politician and activist (1933 - 2001)
3. Funmilayo Kuti: lte politician and women's right activist (1900 -1978)
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