Enugu traders reject old naira notes

Some traders in Enugu state have continued to reject the old naira notes for transactions in spite of the Supreme Court judgment validating them.Information Guide Nigeria

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many business owners said they were yet to receive directives from the appropriate authority to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes again.

Mr Uche Ossai, a tricycle rider, said he had not started collecting the old notes because he would find it difficult to spend them as many fuel stations were still rejecting them too.

Another food vendor who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity said:

“The transporters have refused to collect the old notes of N500 and N1,000; so you do not expect me to collect it from others because it may end up being a waste to me.”NYSC Portal

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A provision shop owner at Mayor Market, Mr Jude Okoye, a told NAN that he preferred his customers to pay him electronically than to receive the old naira notes from them.

Mrs Jacinta Nweke, who owns a salon told NAN that the staff of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) refused to collect the old naira notes from her when she wanted to pay her hospital bills.JAMB Result

“When I went to UNTH to pay for my hospital bill after seeing the doctor they refused to collect the old notes from me, telling me they have not received directive from the appropriate authority,” he said.

Another resident of Achara layout, Miss Gloria Okoroafor, said tricycle rider said that it was only the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that could collect it as he had not heard from the CBN telling people to start receiving it.

(NAN)

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