Abeg, make I yan you wetin dey happen for Naija now. De big oga dem for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) don tell all de banks and oda money people say dem must begin dey collect 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy on top any electronic transaction wey person dey do.
Na for inside one circular wey Chibuzor Efobi and Haruna Mustafa, two big oga for CBN, sign on Monday na im dem talk dis one. Dem send de message go give commercial banks, merchant banks, non-interest banks, payment service banks, and even dose people wey dey do mobile money.
According to wetin CBN talk, dis new rule go start to dey work in two weeks’ time and dem go dey call de money wey dem dey collect “Cybersecurity Levy”. CBN say na because of de Cybercrime (prohibition, prevention etc) Amendment Act of 2024 na im make dem dey do dis one.
CBN talk say all de money wey dem go dey collect from dis levy, dem go dey send am go one place wey dem dey call National Cyber Security Fund, and na de office of de National Security Adviser (NSA) go dey control de money.
If any bank or financial institution no gree pay dis levy, CBN say e be offence and dem fit pay fine wey no go small pass 2 percent of de money wey dem make for dat year, plus oda tins.
No be only dis one o, before now, banks bin don already tell people say dem wan begin dey collect 2 percent charge on top any money wey pass N500,000 wey person wan put for bank.
Na so tins be for Naija now, money matter just dey red.