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Just In: Residents Protest Scarcity of New Naira Notes in Ogun Community

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Commercial activities were today paralysed as angry residents trooped out to protest the lingering scarcity of the new naira notes in Ifo, Ogun State.

NewsmakersNG reports that the protest took place at Arigbajo, Abekoko, Bank bus – stop, Ifo Local Government area of Ogun State.

Residents who had been going to banks for withdrawal said they could not access their money.

They were said to have become more agitated when the commercial banks refused to accept the old naira notes as deposits.

The protesters barricaded the Ifo road, causing heavy gridlock.

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