Outdated Notes: Atiku requires ‘slight’ deadline extension

Onyekachi Eze, Abuja

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has known as for ‘slight extension’ of the deadline for trade of previous naira notes for the brand new ones.

Atiku in a video shared on his social media accounts on Saturday, stated although there’s nothing new within the naira redesign train, the January 31 deadline is discomforting to many Nigerians.

He famous that: “Numerous our financial institution inhabitants who do their companies, particularly within the rural areas, will discover it nearly unimaginable to fulfill up with the deadline of January thirty first to trade their previous financial institution notes for the redesigned currencies.”

The previous vp said that: “Because the January thirty first deadline attracts nearer, a large number of Nigerians have expressed apprehension about how the coverage and the deadline will make life tough for Nigerians.

“I’m conscious of the challenges that farmers and others like artisans in distant areas of the nation undergo in transferring money to business banks for the conversion.

“On this be aware, I’m compelled to align my place with the upsurge of calls for for a slight extension of the financial conversion coverage.

“The January thirty first deadline is definitely going to trigger heavy discomfort on our folks and it will be magnanimous on the a part of the federal government and the regulatory companies to ease the burden on the folks within the public curiosity.”