‘We’ve Disbursed Over N5b To Ekiti’ Says CBN
By Lekan Adejuwon
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Ekiti State Chapter has sent an S.O.S to the management of commercial banks and Central Bank of Nigeria to find a lasting solution to the persistent naira scarcity in the state and the entire country.
The labour leaders also warned owners of petrol stations against hoarding, diversion and hike in price of the petroleum products
They made the disclosure NLC in Ado Ekiti during an unscheduled visit of the State Administrative Council and State Executive Council of the Congress to CBN, Commercial banks and some petrol stations in Ado Ekiti.
Speaking during the visit , Ekiti State NLC Chairman, Comrade Kolapo Olatunde explained that residents of the state were still undergoing difficulties before they could access cash In most commercial banks.
According to him, most ATMs are not dispensing and banks were not giving sufficient amount of money to customers, saying there is need to address the ugly trend in the interest of average Nigerians.
” We are here in respect of the welfare of workers, we are here as a result of the welfare of the masses, you will recall that about two months ago things were falling apart in Nigeria on the issue of unavailable of currency cum Naira redesign issues.
Reacting, the representative of the Central Bank said over five billion naira had been released to commercial banks in Ekiti State to ease the problem of scarcity of naira facing residents.
He expressed worry that some people were still hoarding money for selfish interest, urging such people to desist from keeping cash at home, saying such is very dangerous.
Mr Adeniyi urged Nigerians to embrace cashless policy and other modes of money transactions to boost the country’s socio economy development.
Also, at first Bank, Okeyinmi Ado Ekiti, the representative of the bank pointed out that there was no enough money from the central Bank, hence the need to judiciously disburse the available one to be able to go round customer
