HOW THE CASHLESS AND OLD NAIRA NOTES POLICY HAS AFFECTED NIGERIANS
BY: Ishowo Malik A.
08165511716
18/2/2023.
It’s no longer news that the cashless and the old naira notes policy have been forcefully imposed on the citizens of Nigeria
However, since then, predominantly and virtually everyone including myself have been lacking cash in hand and pocket as well, in which the experience is however regarded as a critical state to us. Imagine the stress being encountered consistently by getting just #2k naira cash in the country. The stress is honestly an inexplicable one. You would have to move around helter and skelter from one location to another before getting it.
Moreover, if by chance, you stumble on a POS attendant, the charges that will be placed on you will still be extremely high, which is not suppose to be.
Apparently, if you want to withdraw 1k in some place, you would have to pay 20% charges, that is evidently #200 which is relatively unbearable to we the citizens of the country.
However, just because of this cash crunch and old naira policy, a friend of mine also uploaded on her status barely few days ago that she is in need of cash in replace of bank transfer. This, because she doesn’t see anywhere on campus to withdraw cash, so she needs you to give her cash, so that she can transfer to you. Can you just imagine that for God’s sake! That is just a basic example of what the cash policy has caused to people.
Similarly, I also have another friend who went through this unbearable crises, left with eating nothing sometimes to classes. Aside, if he sees cash from his friends on campus which is very rare before he can see friends or a friend who even have a cash in hand or pocket as the case may be.
Consequentially, I can not also count the number of times I went through the demoralized situation, most especially last week and even the previous weeks as well. However, sometimes also I even denied myself some little things just to avoid not spending all the cash in hand due to cash scarcity on campus and even off campus as well.
However, this cash policy and old naira notes has hampered a lot of lives in the country at the moment, most especially students and workers across the country.
By: Ishowo M. A
08165511716
Ishowo is a student, learner, political and media enthusiast based in llorin .
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