Some angry citizens, on Friday, condemned the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria and Deposit Money Banks for subjecting them to hardship over the scarcity of new naira notes and the astronomical hike in the pump price of petrol as a result of acute scarcity.
While some vented their anger by embarking on street protests, others attacked bank branches and facilities.
He also asked to be given seven days to resolve the problems associated with the scarcity of the currency.At the UBA branch in Ibafo, Ogun State, a housewife, Mrs Silifat Oseni, used expletives to describe those in government for subjecting her to so much hardship as she was finding it difficult to buy foodstuffs to feed her family.
Adetunji said, “I waited for over one hour for the tanker to discharge the fuel and when it was my turn to purchase the product, the attendant said the PoS was not working and I tried four times to transfer money to her without success. “On Wednesday, I had to travel from my base in Otan Ayegbaju to go to Ikirun to withdraw N2,000 from a PoS agent, who added N400 as his charge. I spent N600 to travel to Ikirun and back to my base and I am just a junior worker. How will I cope now?”
A bank customer, who gave his name as Emeka Okorie, said he had been going to the ATMs for three days to make withdrawals but had not been successful because of the huge crowd that besieged the galleries. “When Buhari came as a military Head of State in 1983, because of his inept administration, Nigerians suffered. Now he is at it again.”
At the GTBank Fenn junction, a large crowd of customers thronged the ATM gallery, with only one machine dispensing cash to customers.that he arrived at the bank around 5am to beat the crowd but was surprised to meet a long queue.At the Zenith Bank, Ankpa, angry residents expressed displeasure with the treatment meted out to them as they were denied access to their money
The guard explained, “We have been instructed not to allow many people into the banking hall in order to avert disaster. Yesterday , an angry customer, who wielded a cutlass, scaled the fence and jumped onto the bank premises and broke some glass before he was overwhelmed by four policemen and taken to the station.
“Angry customers and hoodlums are destroying bank branches. I can confirm that our bank has suffered some attack, but the reports are just coming from our branches. Give me some time to get the reports so that I can be categorical about the attacks,” he said. The branch manager stated, “On Thursday, a total of N350,000 in N100 note was brought to my branch and we had to be clever to give customers N2,000 each; half of the money was mutilated. The last supply of new notes was on Tuesday when N5m was supplied and loaded onto the ATMs, but the money had been completely withdrawn by desperate customers before Wednesday morning.
The protesters also descended on passersby and barricaded all the roads leading to the Agodi Government House and Governor’s Office before the arrival of security personnel. The protesters were confronted by the state joint security outfit known as Operation Burst, the police and Amotekun officers. The protesters in their large numbers, including traders at the Warri Main Market, carried placards with various anti-government inscriptions.
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