A civil society group in Edo State, Edo Civil Society Group led by Comrade Agho Omobude on Tuesday blocked the main entrance of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Benin City branch.
This follows the continued scarcity of the new naira notes which has grounded activities around the country
The Central Bank is located in the centre of the city and accessible mostly through the popular Ring Road.
Unable to commute freely, vehicles coming into the Ring Road through Akpakpava were forced to go through Igun Street to Sokponba before linking up with Ring Road.
The protesters called on the appropriate authority to make the new naira notes available to reduce the suffering of Nigerians who are presently having extreme difficulty as they try to access their money.
They also urged the CBN to start giving out N100, N50 and N20 notes if the new notes were not available.
Omobude said the naira swap policy at this time was a deliberate attempt by the Central Bank governor, Godwin Emiefele, in connivance with the Federal Government to subject the masses to untold hardship.
He vowed that the group would remain at the entrance of the apex bank branch until the head of the Benin branch, came out to address them on the situation.
Omobude added that it was inhuman to continue to allow Nigerians to remain in this suffering.
An elderly woman was also seen scaling the bank’s fence to confront the management.
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