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Yes, the newly appointed Central Bank Governor Dr. Ibrahim L. Stevens has announced December 31st 2023 as the new expiry date for the old Sierra Leone Leones bank notes.

SLAJ iVerify has fact checked the above claim and found it to be true.

Claim

“Bank of Sierra Leone announces fresh expiry timeline of old Leones” a blog claims.

Rating Justification

The SALJ iVerify has examined the claim made by Sierra Leone Monitor blog that Bank of Sierra Leone has announced a new expiry timeline of old Leones and found it to be true.

To arrive at this conclusion, our team of fact checkers examined a live streamed video by the Parliament of Sierra Leone of the Twelfth Sitting of the Committee on Appointment and the Public Service held on Monday 13th November 2023 in which the newly approved Bank Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone Dr. Ibrahim L. Stevens who succeeded Professor Kelfala M. Kallon pronounced December 31, this year as the expiry timeline of the old currency.

Furthermore, sources in the well of the Sierra Leone parliament also confirmed that the newly approved Bank Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone Dr. Ibrahim L. Stevens who has succeeded Professor Kelfala M. Kallon indeed pronounced December 31 2023 as the expiry timeline of the old currency.

Evidence and References

Parliament of Sierra Leone of the Twelfth Sitting of the Committee on Appointment and the Public Service held on Monday 13th November, 2023 : https://fb.watch/on5kK3CjrW/

https://www.sierraleonemonitor.com/bank-of-sierra-leone-announces-fresh-expiry-timeline-of-old-leones/