Inside The Daily Life Of Nigerians And The Hunt For New Currency Amid Election Season

Nigeria is in complete disarray, there is no better way to qualify the suffering going on in the country, everything has loosen and the government has failed the people in all aspects that’s the story of the masses. The suffering is immense, the daily life of average Nigerians is characterized with the grieve and disappointment towards the government, the policies are against the people, they cannot contain with it, it is spreading throughout the country; frustration with state of things both economic and political, humans have been reduced to nothing, the grid that is holding citizens’ welfare has already loosen.

The issue of notes has caused enough uproar in the country, the guidelines by the country’s apex bank-CBN which ban the old currency and stripped it off its legal tender status by February 10, has created stampede in financial institutions, citizens are heading to banks to exchange the old notes with the ones, but scarcity of the new currency has frustrated the efforts. Primarily, the brainchild behind naira design according to the CBN governor- Godwin Emefiele, was to curb kidnapping and boycott vote buying, but the citizens feel the heat most, because they could barely access their money and has slowed down the market, since a good number of Nigerian traders deal on cash more than cashless policy, cashless policy is still emerging process in Nigeria markets.

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The level of harsh policies in Nigeria is stripping off citizens’ livelihood, life has been comatose in Nigeria, and the rise in fuel price is alarming, every day the price is surging, and public transport fare is also increasing, civil servants salaries almost worth nothing in this current Nigeria state, especially the junior ones. The POS operators are charging 10% as their fee, and complain how they buy new currency from banks in order to justify the charge. Whatever purposes in which naira notes- 200, 500 and 1000 were designed has failed, recently a video circulating online filmed an alleged bandit leader claiming he has the new notes in millions, while ordinary Nigerians struggle immensely to have access to the new notes.

While the general elections are forthcoming, Nigerians are going to make the largest political statement in the history of democracy in the country, whichever decision the masses make today, is going to determine the future of the country, the cost of living has skyrocketed on very high margin, lives in the northern Nigeria have been under the country of terrorists and banditry, while in the southern Nigeria, particular south-eastern part of the country, kidnapping and vandalism has been the order of the day; insecurity reign above every other things in the country, and it is a really insane time in Nigeria where hope is almost lost, Nigerians know where exactly it hurts, this time sovereignty is going to reside with the people, if the credible election is guaranteed.