The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for including unlawful provisions in its regulations that require banks to collect information about customers’ social media accounts for identification purposes.

Last month, the apex bank issued a circular directing banks and financial institutions to enforce the mandatory provisions concerning customers’ social media handles as part of their Customer Due Diligence procedures.

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