Charles Ajiboye, a federal civil
servant in Edo State, has petitioned Edo State House of Assembly, alleging that
the Automated Teller Machine, ATM, of a new generation bank in Benin, was
dispensing fake Naira notes.
According to the petition, which
was read during the House’s proceedings yesterday by the Clerk of the House,
Mr. James Omoataman, the petitioner said he used the ATM close to Oba Market.
“Sir, to my ruddiest shock, on
presenting N3,000 for payment after buying some food items, the seller observed
that one of the notes was fake”, it read.
“I immediately went back to the
bank and accosted some security men on duty who blatantly told me to go away as
there was nothing they could do, that I would not be the first person to
withdraw a fake note from an ATM in Nigeria.
“Irked by this response, I went
to Oba Market Police Station, where I formally reported the matter. The bank’s
act, for dispensing fake Naira notes via its ATM, is a crime – short and
simple.
“I may not be the first person to
have fallen victim of this crime by the bank. Perhaps, other victims may have
considered fake notes so insignificant to belabour themselves over.
“Arising from the above, it is my
belief that if this practice is not checked by appropriate sanctions, including
sanctions by the supervising bank, the CBN, there are tendencies that fake
Naira notes will continue to be dispensed alongside genuine bank notes by the bank.
“I, therefore, seek the
intervention of the Edo State House of Assembly by investigating the matter
with a view to recommending appropriate sanctions on the bank to serve as
deterrence to other banks.”
Speaker of the House, Alhaji
Kabiru Adjoto, referred the matter to the House Committee on Finance to
investigate and report to the House within two weeks.
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