The history of 1000 Naira note – Pictures, interesting facts & names of the faces On the denomination

History of ₦1000 Naira note: Positioned in the inner corner of the Gulf of Guinea, on the west coast of Africa stands tall a very beautiful nation called Nigeria. Nigeria is bordered in the North by Niger, on the West by the Benin Republic, on the East by Cameroon and on the South by the Atlantic Ocean. Nigeria got her name from River Niger and gained independence on 1st October 1960. { ₦ 1000 Naira Note }. Nigerians are hardworking, religious, inquisitive, beautiful and happy people. We are diverse in culture and tradition but one thing we have in common is the four letter word called LOVE. Love for Ourself, Our family, Our neighbors and mostly especially Our beautiful Naria.

The Naria is printed by the Nigerian Security Printing and minting company and issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria.The Naria which is represented by the symbol (₦) is the official currency of Nigeria.

There are Eight currencies in the  Nigeria economy and the one Nigerians cherish the most is the highest, the ₦ 1000 naira note. Even a Nigerian baby who can’t read or write will pick a ₦ 1000 naira note over a ₦5 note.

I once visited a friend who’s wife just put to birth a beautiful baby girl. I was having only ₦1050 on me, as I was about to live I decided to play with the baby. I brought the ₦50 note and ₦1000 note and I jokingly told the little baby to choose anyone, to my amazement the baby firmly gripped the ₦ 1000 naira note in the presence of I and her parents. I had no option but to leave the money with her and I left the house with a fake smile knowing I was going to trek home under the scorching sun.

We utilize the naira every day but its quite alarming a lot of us don’t know much about it.  A friend once shared a story with me about how she lost a multi-million naira job just because she couldn’t mention the name of the great Nigerians on the ₦1000 note, Funny right? But it is no joke, it took her weeks before she could recover from that embarrassing heartbreak. You might be wondering why I used the word embarrassing, but not knowing the names of the icons on the beautiful naria note you and I utilize it every day isn’t that embarrassing?

Well, this article circles around interesting facts about the ₦1000 note and the iconic Nigerians engraved on it.