The people of Yenagoa of Bayelsa has taken to the street to protest their anger as traders and transporters refuses the usage of old #500 and #1000 notes as a legal tender as ordered by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The protest emanated at Akenfa with disruption of vehicular movement as women and youths blocked the road calling for the intervention of Governor Douye Diri to ameliorate the suffering of the people.
One of the protesters, Mr Ebi Inayago said Bayelsans have endured the pains but it has reached the peak.
“The pain of getting naira notes to spend has reached its peak. We have endured the sufferings but it is beyond us now. We had hope that the Supreme Court was a relief but we are wrong. Banks that were paying old naira notes have refused to collect it as deposit. Traders and transporters are not collecting it and we are back to square one. Government should do something before the situation gets out of hand.”
