Bank of Ghana not printing new currency  – Head of PR BoG


The Central Bank of Ghana says it is not printing any new Ghanaian currency. This follows  photographs of the new Ghana currency denominations making rounds on the social media.

The denominations are in GH¢30, GH¢100 and GH¢200. The source of information of the new notes is not known, however, comments on the photos suggested that the government might be printing these new denominations of the Ghana cedi or has plans to do so.

In an interview with Radio Ghana, the Head of the Public Affairs unit of the Bank of Ghana, Ms. Esi Hammond, says the Bank has no plans to print new currency denominations.

“The public should disregard this information,” she said, adding that, “there are no such plans by the Bank to print new currency denominations.”

Ms Esi Hammond spoke with Assistant Head of Radio Ghana's business desk, Mercy Darko.


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