BVR: CBN extends registration deadline to October
Olaoluwa Folalu
Relieve has come to Nigerians who are yet to do the Bank Registration Verification, BVN as Nigeria Apex Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline earlier put for Monday, June 30 to Oct. 31.
The extension was announced on Tuesday in Abuja through a circular issued to the effect by the apex bank and signed by the Director, Banking and Payment System Department, Mr. Dipo Fatokun.
According to the CBN, the extension was done to accommodate customers who had thronged the banks to beat an earlier closing date.
The circular reads: “It has come to our notice that the BVN registration has elicited tremendous interest from the Nigerian bank customers who crowded the banking halls in order to beat the deadline.
“In view of the foregoing, it has become imperative for the banks to extend the timeline for all customers to have the BVN.
“The deadline for the enrolment is hereby extended from June 30 to Oct. 31”.
It stated further that the extension would give Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora, ample time to enrol into the programme.
