Currency

The naira symbol#

Use ₦ directly before the amount with no space: ₦5,000.

If a system genuinely cannot render ₦ (some SMS gateways and older devices), fall back to NGN 5,000 — never a bare "N", which is ambiguous in running text.

Formatting amounts#

• Always use thousands separators: ₦1,500,000, never ₦1500000.
• When kobo matters (interest, exchange rates, unit pricing), show two decimal places consistently: ₦20.50.

Words or symbols#

When writing interface copy, opt for the symbol. In long-form content where an amount is spoken about rather than displayed, you can use "naira" in lowercase. For example: "a few thousand naira".

Related guidance#

• Numbers
• Financial terminology