Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered Edo officials to stop cash transactions from March 1st.
The Edo governor is supporting the new naira redesign and cashless policy.
“I have issued a circular that effective March 1st, government offices will be prohibited from using cash. The government is pushing toward a cashless economy,” said Obaseki on Thursday during a code of ethics engagement with the senior civil servants at the Government House, Benin City.
According to the governor, the prohibition will help his administration “to explain every amount we spend and how we earned it.”
Obaseki stressed the importance of the civil servants to effective governance, noting that “without you, we cannot have a functioning government.”
“That is why we have, in the last six years, made your welfare a priority. We pay salaries and pensions on the 26th of each month. We have refurbished your work environment for optimal service delivery,” added the Edo governor. “Today, our civil and public servants are the most technology compliant in the country.”
