SERAP threatened to drag the Federal Government to court if the “grossly unlawful” directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria is not withdrawn. The statement reads, “The Tinubu administration must immediately withdraw the grossly unlawful CBN directive to implement section 44 of the Cybercrime Act 2024, which imposes a 0.5% ‘cybersecurity levy’ on Nigerians. We’ll see in court if the directive is not withdrawn within 48 hours.
’’ DAILY POST recalls that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had in a circular on Monday, directed banks to levy a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity charge on electronic transactions effective May 20, 2024. The CBN clarified that the levy would be separately “reflected in the customer’s account” as “Cybersecurity Levy” and “applied at the point of electronic transfer origination, then deducted and remitted by the financial institution.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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