The financial situation of the newly independent Togo was very unstable, so in order to get out of the situation, Olympio decided to get out the French colonial money FCFA (the franc for French African colonies), and issue the country own currency.
Ngenxa yalokho, isimo sezezimali se-Togo nje esizimele sasingazinzile kakhulu, futhi ukuze kuphume lesi simo, i-Olympio yanquma ukushiya uhlelo lwemali olwakhiwa yiColonial France i FCFA (franc yamaFoloni ase-Afrika), futhi wadala imali yezwe.