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Specimen of new currency can enhance
public understanding-Chief
Jukwa (C/R), April 3, GNA- Nana Afrifa Yamoah-Ponkoh, chief
of Jukwa, on Tuesday, appealed to the Bank of Ghana as a
matter of urgency, to come out with the specimen of the new
currency as part of the education campaign on the
re-denomination exercise.
This he said would enable the public to be conversant with
the notes before its circulation.
He also called on the government to engage the services of
mobile banks to move to the rural areas, which do not have
ready access to rural banks, to help the people change the
old currency.
Nana Yamoah-Ponkoh made the call at a forum held by the
Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira (THLD) district directorate of
the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to
educate the public on the re-denomination exercise at Jukwa.
Mr Isaac Sam, Deputy Central Regional Director of the NCCE,
on his part, warned that anyone who refuses to accept the
current cedi notes when the new Ghana cedis comes into
circulation would be arrested.
He explained that when the exercise takes off in July, the
present currency and the new notes would both be legal
tender for six months and therefore urged the public to
report anyone, particularly traders, who refuse to accept
the old cedi notes.
Mr Sam gave the warning in an answer to a question as to
what one should do if anyone rejects the old currencies when
the exercise begins.
Mr Sam, therefore urged traders to endeavour to quote prices
of their goods in both the old and new currency and to
accept whichever note is given them during the first six
months of the introduction of the new currency.
He called on assembly and unit committee members and opinion
leaders to assist in the education of the people on the
exercise to help achieve the desired goals.
Mr Thomas Yallow, District Director of the NCCE, explained
that even after December 31 when the present currency would
cease to be a legal tender, those still in possession of it
could send them to the banks to exchange for the new
currency.
He reiterated that the exercise was aimed at among others,
ensuring the people's safety, with regard to the handling of
large sums of money.
Mr Yallow advised them to handle currency notes with care
and refrain from turning them into jotters, and that it was
an offence to deface the notes.
He educated the people on the benefits of saving with the
banks.
GNA
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