100 naira note

Dimensions
151mm x 78mm

Date Released
1st December,1999

Design:
The N100 note is one of the new generation notes of the Nigerian currency system. The most recent developments in security printing technology on paper and ink were incorporated in this high denomination. Relevant printing techniques were employed to produce the intricate designs of subdued merging colours. The note was introduced in December 1999.

The main feature on the front is the portrait of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, former Premier of Western Region.

At the back is the picture of the Zuma Rock - a major landmark in Niger State in the Northern part of the Federation close the Federal Capital.

Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987)

Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian nationalist and political leader, was born in Ikenne, a town in Ogun State. The son of a farmer, Awolowo trained as a lawyer. He became involved in politics in the 1940's and organised the Action Group in 1951. He was elected Premier of Western Nigeria from 1954 to 1959, after which he became the opposition leader in the Federal House of Representatives. An unyielding advocate of federalism and socio-economic programmes, he was arrested in 1962 for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. Imprisoned in 1963, he was freed three years later by General Yakubu Gowon, head of Nigeria's military government, who appointed him the Federal Commissioner for Finance and Deputy Chairman of the Federal Executive Council, a position he resigned in 1971. In 1979, he ran unsuccessfully for president. He died on May 9, 1987

Chief Awolowo's portrait appears on the front of the N100 Note

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