We all spend money every day, to pay for bus fares, food, clothes, shoes etc. But how many of us have ever really taken time to study the Nigerian bank notes? It may seem weird but you can truly learn a lot about Nigeria from its currency. The Nigerian currencies consist of notes, bank notes and coins. The bank notes includes; (N1000, N500, N200, N100, N50, N20, N10, N5) total of 8. And the coins include (N2, N1, and 50kobo).
The N20 note is the most used denomination in Nigeria, mostly by the lower class.
This bank note whose value is worth sachet water, gum, as change, or as alms to beggars has being in existence for forty-one (41) years!
The popular bank note is the only mint green note which shares a color with the American dollar.
The N20 bank note has being modified 3times.
The N20 bank note is the first currency note in Nigeria to bear the portrait of a Nigerian citizen; the late Head of state General Muritala Ramat Muhammad (1938-1976) who was the torch bearer of the Nigerian revolution of July 1975.
The N20 bank note is the first and only bank note to ever bear the portrait of a Nigerian woman.
This bank note whose value is worth sachet water, gum, as change, or as alms to beggars has being in existence for forty-one (41) years!
The popular bank note is the only mint green note which shares a color with the American dollar.
The N20 bank note has being modified 3times.
The N20 bank note is the first currency note in Nigeria to bear the portrait of a Nigerian citizen; the late Head of state General Muritala Ramat Muhammad (1938-1976) who was the torch bearer of the Nigerian revolution of July 1975.
The N20 bank note is the first and only bank note to ever bear the portrait of a Nigerian woman.
First generation of the N20 bank note.
Second generation of N20 bank notes.
Second generation of N20 bank notes.
Third generation of the N20 bank note, the picture of the woman which wasn’t present until the third and current generation of N20.
HAJIYA (DR.) HADIZA LADI KWALI
Ladi Kwali learnt pottery as a child using the traditional method of “coiling and pinching”.
She made beautiful patterned pots of different sizes and shapes for aristocrats as decorations and domestic use.
Some of her works was accrued by the Emir of Abuja among other elites.
Between 1950 and early 1960, her works were shown to great acclaims in London at the Berkeley galleries.
She joined the Cadrew’s pottery training centre in Abuja, to be the only woman potter, where she learned to throw pot on wheels. Her works represent an interesting hybrid of traditional African with western studio pottery.
Her works were known in Europe, Britain and America.
She also made dishes, bowl, and beakers with graffiti decorations glazed in high temperature kiln.
Her potteries were displayed during Nigerian independence celebrations in 1960.
In 1962, she was awarded member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen Elizabeth 11 for her pot making skills.
She was a part-time lecturer and demonstrator at the Ahmadu Bello University.
She was an illiterate but was awarded a doctorate degree by the Ahmadu Bello University of Zaria in 1977.
The Nigerian government also invested in her with the insignia of the Nigerian National Order of Merit award (NNOM) in 1980. This award is the highest national honor for academic achievement in the country.
She is the only Nigerian woman to have been featured on a currency note.
She was the best known Nigerian potter before her death on 12, august 1984. She died in Minna, Niger state.
The Abuja pottery was renamed after her: Ladi Kwali pottery, a popular road in Abuja was also named after her.
Some of Ladi Kwali exotic designs.
HAJIYA (DR.) HADIZA LADI KWALI
Ladi Kwali learnt pottery as a child using the traditional method of “coiling and pinching”.
She made beautiful patterned pots of different sizes and shapes for aristocrats as decorations and domestic use.
Some of her works was accrued by the Emir of Abuja among other elites.
Between 1950 and early 1960, her works were shown to great acclaims in London at the Berkeley galleries.
She joined the Cadrew’s pottery training centre in Abuja, to be the only woman potter, where she learned to throw pot on wheels. Her works represent an interesting hybrid of traditional African with western studio pottery.
Her works were known in Europe, Britain and America.
She also made dishes, bowl, and beakers with graffiti decorations glazed in high temperature kiln.
Her potteries were displayed during Nigerian independence celebrations in 1960.
In 1962, she was awarded member of the order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen Elizabeth 11 for her pot making skills.
She was a part-time lecturer and demonstrator at the Ahmadu Bello University.
She was an illiterate but was awarded a doctorate degree by the Ahmadu Bello University of Zaria in 1977.
The Nigerian government also invested in her with the insignia of the Nigerian National Order of Merit award (NNOM) in 1980. This award is the highest national honor for academic achievement in the country.
She is the only Nigerian woman to have been featured on a currency note.
She was the best known Nigerian potter before her death on 12, august 1984. She died in Minna, Niger state.
The Abuja pottery was renamed after her: Ladi Kwali pottery, a popular road in Abuja was also named after her.
Some of Ladi Kwali exotic designs.
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