Ibadan protest

Commercial activities have been put on hold in some areas in Ibadan following a protest embarked upon by residents over naira swap deadline.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has faulted the implementation of the Naira swap policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as shoddy and political… [Implementation of Naira policy political ― Wike](https://tribuneonlineng.com/implementation-of-naira-policy-political-%E2%80%95-wike/) The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has stated that old naira notes; N200, N500 and N1000, have stopped being a legal tender.

Pictures and videos shared on social media showed motorists in gridlocks and stranded commuters as the protesters blocked major roads and set up bonfires in ...

Basically the rejection of old naira notes,” Tife said. [found it difficult](https://www.thecable.ng/photos-allotted-numbers-long-queues-nigerians-face-difficulty-getting-cash-at-atms) to obtain the new naira notes despite the CBN [insisting](https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-despite-scourt-order-cbn-insists-on-enforcing-feb-10-deadline-on-old-notes) on its February 10 deadline that the old notes would cease to be legal tender. “The protest here is about the rejection of old naira notes by traders and scarcity of the new ones. [took](https://www.thecable.ng/roadblocks-bonfires-as-ibadan-residents-protest-fuel-currency-scarcity) to the streets with bonfires and roadblocks in protest of the economic policy. Speaking to TheCable, a resident who identified himself as Tife, said the protest at the Apete area was fueled by the scarcity of the new notes and the rejection of the old notes. Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo, on Wednesday, protested the rejection of old naira notes by businesses as the scarcity of the new notes bites harder.

Some residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in the early hours of Wednesday, blocked the Eleyele/Eruwa road. DAILY POST reports that thousands of.

There is a protest at Bodija, and those whose businesses are disturbed by the unavailability of the new notes are protesting,” he said.

“They looked like thugs and kept screaming that they did not want the new money. I had to alight and go home,” he told FIJ. “The group of men kept screaming that they did not want the new money.

Angry bank customers burned tyres and blocked streets in Ibadan on Wednesday in protests over the scarcity of naira cash.

A similar protest rocked the city on Friday, February 3, where some hoodlums within the popular Araromi spare parts market, Gate, took advantage of the protest and set ablaze a police station, stole the station’s Plasma TV, vandalised a branch of WEMA Bank in the area and looted some roadside shops. Daily Trust correspondent gathered that the protesters first converged on the Eleyele junction, in the Ibadan North West Local Government Area of the state. Angry bank customers burned tyres and blocked streets in Ibadan on Wednesday in protests over the scarcity of naira cash.

Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaigns Council in Oyo State, Dr. Isiaka Kolawole, yesterday, said the ...

The leaders of PDP and the state government that are orchestrating this evil protest do not mean well for the citizens. According to him, “Nobody can stop us from holding the rally tomorrow. Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaigns Council in Oyo State, Dr.

The Director General, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaigns Council, in Oyo State, Dr. Isiaka Kolawole, ln Wednesday, ...

The leaders of PDP and the state government that are orchestrating this evil protest do not mean well for the citizens. All our candidates will win convincingly.” According to him, “Nobody can stop us from holding the rally tomorrow.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Oyo State has said that nothing will stop its presidential candidate, ...

Tinubu and Shettima will be in Mapo in the ancient city of Ibadan tomorrow to unfold their great plans to Oyo people as it is being done in other states.” The seven ministers from the South West are also expected at the rally, as the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, will lead members of the National Working Committee (NWC) and other top chieftains of the party. Isiaka Kolawole, said days ago when Tinubu was billed to hold a rally in Ibadan, there were protests.