The Federal Government on Thursday asked all persons holding accounts across financial institutions, including insurance firms, to fill and submit Self-Certification Forms.
The Nigerian government made this known in a series of tweets on Thursday.
It threatened to block access to defaulters’ accounts or impose a monetary penalty.
Following massive backlash and outrage from the Nigerians, the government some minutes ago deleted the first post and clarified that it was not all Nigerians that would be affected by the Self-Certification order.
See post below:
We apologize for the misleading tweets (now deleted) that went up yesterday, regarding the completion of self-certification forms by Reportable Persons. The message contained in the @firsNigeria Notice does not apply to everybody. FIRS will issue appropriate clarification shortly pic.twitter.com/KBiPh0lCwJ
— Government of Nigeria (@NigeriaGov) September 18, 2020
