AccraOnly Nkrumah remains of the Big Six on Ghana’s new notes.
Some designs are 20 years old while counterfeiting technology has evolved, the central bank said.
The smaller notes use reinforced cotton paper and add tactile markings for people with visual impairments.
“Nobody owes anybody any permanent fixture on the currency,” said Felix Kwakye Ofosu, minister of state for government communications.
The Heritage Series enters circulation on 1 December alongside old notes, which remain legal tender.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 150+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- GhanaWeb
- quotes Kwakye Ofosu dismissing Big Six removal as politics and entitlement, and notes the Big Six had been on currency for close to 20 years
- Vanguard
- Legit.ng - Nigeria news.
- foregrounds the first-ever Adinkra symbols on the notes and the Heritage Series' heritage-and-pride framing
Sources: GhanaWeb, Vanguard, Legit.ng - Nigeria news.