Residents of Osogbo have continued to experience a cash crunch amid the scarcity of the new Naira notes.
This is despite a Supreme Court judgment of March 3, 2023, which extended till December 2023, the issuance of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes.
It was observed by DAILY POST Monday that a good number of commercial banks in the state capital had no cash to give to their customers.
READ ALSO: AEDC Alerts Customers On Power Outage In Parts Of Abuja
The only exemptions from the observation were Ecobank and Zenith Bank.
At the above-mentioned banks, customers were given tally numbers to aid their access to the ATMs.
A bank customer, Ayodele Oreoluwa, who spoke to this medium, said he was elated when he learnt the Supreme Court had extended the deadline for the spending of the old Naira notes to December.
“I felt so happy that money will be available in banks. I was sad this morning that banks are yet to have money to give their customers,” he said.
Another customer, Comfort Adeniran said, “The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should please bring out the old naira notes so that we can have money to spend after all, the policy has been nullified.
“These people should have mercy on us.”
It was learned that the delay in the issuance of the old notes was due to the fact that the commercial banks have not received any directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to implement the Supreme Court judgment.
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, said he hoped that with the arrest…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has presented the sum of ₦3.005 trillion before the state…
Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Danladi Isa on Wednesday led an operation along Asaga…
Popular Abia-born journalist and online publisher Ifeanyi Okali has called on the state governor, Dr.…
The Senate, on Thursday, approved the $2.2 billion fresh loan request by President Bola Ahmed…
Mike Ofikwu, an activist and lawyer from Otukpo, was brutally killed by unidentified armed men…