Some residents of Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday blocked the busy Ore-Benin expressway to register their displeasure over the scarcity of naira notes.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters made bonfires on both sides of the expressway, making it impossible for vehicular movement which has also resulted in a heavy gridlock on the axis.
Some of the protesters who spoke in separate interviews with NAN said they were protesting over the naira notes scarcity which they claimed was taking a toll on them and their families.
They also lamented their inability to access cash from banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATM’s) and were not allowed into the banking halls.
Mr Kayode Akinbola, one of the protesters said,
“This is indeed a hard time for us, the naira scarcity is taking a toll on me and my family and this protest is to demonstrate that we are not happy over this situation.”
Mr Rotimi Akinluwa, another protester, said the inability to access his money through the banks’ ATMs banking halls was so frustrating .
“I have my money in the bank and I can not get it even the Point of Sales (PoS) operators no longer have the cash even if you want to buy, this is so frustrating,” he said.
(NAN)
