Customers stranded as banks are yet to start cash payment
By Halima Abdulkadiri
Commercial banks in Nyanya, Mararaba, and Karu in Abuja have not started paying customers over the counter or via Automated Teller Machines (ATM), leaving customers strandfrustrated in spite of the Supreme Court ruling.
Our correspondent gathered that despite the thqt the apex court had on Friday nullified the ban on use of the old N200, N500, and N1000 banknotes saying the notes still remain legal tender until December 31.
According to reports, the gates to the banks’ are still being manned by security officials who barely permit the numerous customers with complaints to go into the banking hall in turns.
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Some of the customers who spoke with newsmen said the current development in banks was frustrating.
A customer seen at Zenith Bank, Mr Isa Abdullahi, said:”I have been here since 10 a.m. and this is 3 p.m. to complain about some failed transactions, but I was refused entry.
”The crowd here is discouraging. They are not even listening to anybody here.
”Some people said that after the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Naira will be released everywhere, but that is not the case.
”We are suffering so much in this country. You will have money, but you cannot access your money,” he said.
Also, Mrs Angel Abiodun, another customer at the First Bank, Karu Road described the situation as annoying.
”I am helpless. I came to my bank to complain about my expired ATM car and also to collect some cash, but I was not allowed in.
”If I knew that the situation would turn like this, I wouldn’t have deposited all my money in the bank even when they told us to take our old notes to the bank.
”The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should do something and save us from this mess,” she said.
Also, some PoS operators also confirmed to newsmen that the new naira notes were still scarce.
A POS operator, Gami Johnson, said:”I wonder what is happening. We are yet to see the old or new Naira,”.
The reports also gathered that the CBN is yet to respond to the apex court judgment on the old notes.
