CBN Extends Bank Verification

The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the deadline for the Bank Verification Number, BVN, registration to October 31st. The Apex bank had earlier fixed Tuesday, June 30th as the deadline for the registration.
Statistics had shown that so far, about 14 million bank customers have registered with many more yet to do so.
The CBN, in a statement signed by Mr. Dipo Fatokun,
Director of Banking and Payment System, disclosed that "it has come to our notice that the BVN registration has elicited tremendous interest from the Nigerian bank customers who crowded the banking halls in  in order to beat the deadline.
In view of the foregoing, it has become imperative for the banks to extend the timeline for all customers to have the BVN.
The deadline for the enrollment is hereby extended from "June 30 to October 31'.