About 26 million bank customers would not be able to operate their bank accounts starting from Saturday because they have failed to obtain Bank Verification Number, BVN.
An investigation by Naijalog reveals that less than half of the 52 million bank customers have been registered.
An official of the Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday said that the registration window would still be opened after tomorrow, but unregistered customers would not be allowed access to their accounts.
The official, who claimed that the exact figures of registered bank customers would not be ready until next week, however lamented that “less than half of total bank customers have been captured as at Monday this week.
“Field reports show that there has been increased surge in the number of registrations per day since last week, but it is clear that we may not exceed 50 percent by the deadline.”