CBN takes e-payment campaign to Abuja

THE last leg of the CBN six regional campaign to mobilise and sensitise Nigerians to embrace the e-payment system, will climax in Abuja on Tuesday for states in the North/Central zone at the Main Auditorium of Central Bank's headquarters.The mobilisation train, which kicked-off in Lagos nearly a fortnight ago saw top officials of the apex, bankcriss-crossing six geo-political zones to mobilise stakeholders. Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna were the rally points. The mobilisation train at various points of call witnessed impressive turnout of participants.The Acting Director, Banking and Payment Services System Department of the CBN, Mr. G. I. Emokpare said that the purpose of the forum was to enlighten participants as important public sector players on the approved guidelines on the operation of the e-payment system, and to seek their support and buy-in so as to ensure successful implementation and adoption.Emokpare said that other objectives of the forum was to present the approved guidelines on electronic payments of government suppliers, all forms of taxes in Nigeria and salary and pension in Nigeria to the stakeholders as part of the overall implementation strategy.He also said that they planned to give participants the opportunity to clarify issues for better understanding where necessary to ensure successful implementation; to sensitise the stakeholders about their thoughts on the new guidelines and to receive feedbacks from participants.'As you are aware, the Central Bank has been in the fore front in promoting e-payments in the country. In this regard, the bank recently released three important frameworks on electronic payments to guide both the public and private sector stakeholders. They include guidelines on electronic payments of government suppliers in Nigeria, guidelines on electronic payments of all forms of taxes in Nigeria and guidelines on electronic payments of salary and pension in Nigeria,' he stated.He also said that the successful implementation of the guidelines would greatly impact on the overall adoption and usage of electronic medium of payments and settlements in Nigeria and, therefore, tasked participants to ensure they discharged their responsibilities efficiently in order to ensure that the core objective of the payments system Vision 2020 which is to ensure a national payments system that is 'nationally utilised and internationally recognised' is put in place in Nigeria.
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