 CBN still has disbursed 253 billion Naira to 548,345 beneficiaries as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The acting director, corporate communications, Ocita Onisobi also disclosed this at the Bank's special day at the ongoing 42nd Kaduna International trade fair noted that beneficiaries comprised 470,969 households and 77,376 small and medium enterprises. Onisobi, who was represented by the branch controller Kaduna Ahmed Mohamed Wali, added that the bank reduced its interest rate on CBN intervention loans from 9 to 5% to encourage more lending and initially created a 150 billion Naira targeted credit facility for affected households and SMEs.