CBN To Introduce N5,000 Note

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that it is going to introduce a N5,000 note into the system.

The faces of three prominent Nigerian female activists are to be used on the new note. They are those of late politician and social mobiliser, Margaret Ekpo (1914 - 2006); late politician and activist Hajia Gambo Sawaba (1933 - 2001) and late politician and women's right activist Funmilayo Kuti (1900 -1978).

Source : http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/other-sections/lead-stories/175116-breaking-news-cbn-to-introduce-n5000-note