There was mild drama on Saturday at a restaurant in Ganaja village, a suburb of Lokoja, Kogi State when a middle-aged restaurant owner detained two of her
One of the victims who was identified as Ahmed, in an interview with DAILY POST, in Lokoja said he and his colleague were at the restaurant to eat a plate of fufu each with two meat at the cost of N900.
Ahmed said when another customer reminded the restaurant owner that the old notes remain legal tender until January 31, 2023, she insisted that the two customers must pay her in new naira or remain detained. DAILY POST reports that the effects of the scarcity of new naira notes in Lokoja and its environs heightened on Saturday with many residents complaining bitterly over their inability to execute some critical social and economic activities.
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