The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has begun sensitising residents of Zamfara on the need by the public to deposit old naira notes in their bank accounts.

NOA officials visited Churches, Mosques and motor parks to enlighten the people about the economic benefits of the CBN policy.

The NOA Acting Director in Zamfara, Aminu Ibrahim, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Gusau on Friday.

Mr Ibrahim said the exercise was to enlighten the public on the dangers of continuous keeping of old naira notes in their possessions beyond January 31, as the date remained unchanged.

He urged the people to discard all rumours circulating on the shift of the date for depositing old notes of N1000, N500 and N200 as legal tender.

He added that banks had been directed to cooperate by the CBN to ensure that citizens deposited their old money, adding that they had been asked to stop dispensing old cash notes to customers.

Mr Ibrahim said that NOA was out to reach communities of Zamfara through media and public places, to ensure that everyone complied with the cashless policy.

A resident of the state, Farida Ismail, expressed concern over the continuous dispensing of old naira notes by commercial banks.

Ms Ismail worried that banks still paying customers in old notes may deceive many people into believing the rumours about the shift in the date beyond January 31.

(NAN)