Historic! First Female Signature Goes On Nigerian Currency Note

The first female Director of Currency Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Priscilla Ekwere Eleje, has achieved being the first female to have her signature on the 1000 naira note.

The development follows her confirmation as the first female Director of Currency and Operations in the history of the Central Bank of Nigeria. .

Eleje  is a psychology graduate of the University of Jos, Nigeria, an alumna of the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship programme in Banking and Management at Boston University, Massachusetts, USA. She is also a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA).

Ladi Kwali, Nigeria’s foremost potter, is the only woman on the naira, taking a spot at the back of the N20 note.

Every naira note in the country’s history except the N20 note has had the face, name, and signature of a man, up until now.