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Naira Scarcity: Abuja residents used Easter to appreciate God

Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have used the occasion of Easter to thank God for surviving naira scarcity caused by the naira redesign policy.Information Guide Nigeria

According to PEOPLES GAZETTE, in a separate interview, the residents expressed their gratitude to God for being alive to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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A business woman identified as Elizabeth Joseph said it was a “testimony” that her family survived the period.

The mother of four said, “My husband and I are business persons, and I can say we are fairly comfortable. However, the naira scarcity wrecked us to the point that it was difficult to afford three square meals, not because we did not have money. We could not access money for a lot of things, and we had to ration our food,” Ms Joseph said.NYSC Portal

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Another resident, Godswill Adah, a civil servant, said it was difficult to go to work because he “could not get cash for transport fare.”

Adah said the level of hardship he went through during the period was unimaginable. He said he almost lost his aged mother, who was ill during the period because of naira scarcity.

“I turned to begging to be able to get as little as N500 to pay for the fare to get to the office. Thank God for the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to push the old notes back into circulation”.

“I can imagine what would have become of us today if that decision was not taken,” Mr Adah explained.

PEOPLES GAZETTE reports that another resident, Eucharia Njoku, a retiree, said: “I am hypertensive, and it was not funny at all. It is not that I did not have money, but I could not access my money. My automated teller machine (ATM) card expired, and I could not queue to get cash because of the stress.”JAMB Result