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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been asked to remove the Arabic inscription from the redesigned naira notes. Tever Akase, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Media and Publicity, said all Nigerian languages should be on the currencies, not Arabic. In a tweet, Akase lamented that Arabic is not Nigeria’s second official language. He wrote: “Those redesigning the naira notes should ensure that inscriptions of all Nigerian languages are on the currencies. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been asked to remove the Arabic inscription from the redesigned naira notes. Tever Akase, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Media and Publicity, said all Nigerian languages should be on the currencies, not Arabic. In a tweet, Akase lamented that Arabic is not Nigeria’s second official language. He wrote: “Those redesigning the naira notes should ensure that inscriptions of all Nigerian languages are on the currencies. "If this is impossible, they should r